"house" work

At my economic development forum today, one of the things that became epically clear is that people move to Whitehorse because they want to be here.  Whitehorse offers a city with all of the amenities minutes from unlimited wilderness.  People move to Whitehorse because of the lifestyle and because of the balance that life here affords.  They believe in their communities, and they are incredibly involved in both family and community.  

I haven't noticed that this commitment to lifestyle changes very much how people work - except that perhaps more people do something they love.  Actually, that is true, they still work hard, but they generally do something that they love. 

An interesting observation is that between family, community, work and enjoying life, there isn't a lot of emphasis put on having a clean house or a perfectly manicured yard.  For anyone that knows me, this is a great thing! 

Having a clean house is, well, not my forte. Add to that the constant flow of dirt and dust in and out of our apartment and I am glad that there is no pretense attached to a clean home. 

Gardening, landscaping and manicured lawns are few and far between here. Again, this seems to be directly related to someone's enjoyment. People who love to garden have beautiful lawns and beautiful gardens (many are enviable vegetable gardens), but those who don't don't - and that is a-ok.  It's kinda nice to have none of the "keeping up with" sentiments to live up to. 'Cause I've got a lot of other things to do!