Blissful Ordinariness

The OT profession takes pride in the way that we address our clients. We focus on being client centered, holistic and not look only at the injury or illness, but to look at the individual as a whole and everything that comes with that person. OT's must form a solid and trustworthy therapeutic relationship with each client. These relationships make it possible to fully understand the client's occupations, roles and activities that are meaningful to them. And also for the client to trust the OT to return them to what means most in their daily life. OT's want to know about an individual's blissful ordinariness and return them to that. The term blissful ordinariness in my opinion are the activities, jobs, roles and basically anything the client does during a day that takes up time, brings meaning into their life, and allows them to fulfill their roles. To most people these things may just seem unimportant or even overlooked, however to an OT it is what fuels our job and brings back meaningfulness and joy to our clients. No matter how small or trivial and activity or occupation may seem, it is what makes us human and gives everyone a purpose in life. I think that every one of us have had our eyes opened to our own personal blissful ordinariness of our daily activities as they have been taken away from us during this COVID-19 pandemic. Sometimes it is hard to see how our morning commute to work, weekly grocery store trips, going out to eat and even shopping with friends for an upcoming beach trip brings us meaning and purpose until it is gone. However, as OT's these everyday things that so easily get overlooked are they things that we focus most on. Every aspect of the client's life is important to us and we want to provide exercises, equipment and strategies so that our clients can perform everything that makes up their blissful ordinariness to the best of their ability.