“Blissful ordinariness” is often taken for granted. It can consist of the smallest things. Lots of times the things that fall in the category of blissful ordinariness are things we don’t notice until we have an injury or illness that takes away our ability to do those things. For example, a client has had a hip replacement and now cannot bend over. The OT may give the client a reacher to use to pick things up around the house so he/she does not have to bend over. This could help the client get back to the blissful ordinariness of his/her life by not having to worry about how he/she will simply pick things up off the floor.
I think blissful ordinariness has everything to do with our profession. It is essentially our goal: restoring clients’ occupational performance so that they can get back to the ordinariness of their life. Even more than just providing the client with what they may need, we ask about his/her daily routine to see what is meaningful to the client. We want the client to not only be able to do what he/she needs to do, but also wants to do. We don’t just provide the client with the means to live their life, but we find out what motivates them and gives them a reason to WANT to keep living their life.
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