My Catch-22

So here's a funny, non-baby related post for you. I enjoy cooking, baking especially but I find it also to be the most frustrating thing in the world. Here's the reason, messes bother me. They make me anxious. When the mixer throws stuff out of the bowl despite my protection shield or when I spill or splatter it drives me absolutely insane. I find myself in a state of constant cleaning while I am cooking which makes the process all that much more difficult and time consuming. I just can't wrap my head around the idea that it's okay for things to get messy while cooking. That is what the clean-up at the end is for. It just sparks my anxiety nonetheless. So crazy, I know. I push through though and the results are usually very delicious. I suppose I should keep at it and hope that maybe someday I get over it but I doubt it. Of course I did (mostly) get over the mess that having a dog causes so maybe there's hope for me yet.