Happy Healthy Spring 2019!
Even though it may not feel like it today, tomorrow, March 20, 2019, is officially the first day of Spring. Yeah!!! Spring is my favorite time of the year. I love the longer days, the spring flowers, the birds singing, and the warmth of the sun shinning on my face.
However, it’s hard sometimes to notice all the beauty outside because we’re surrounded and stressed by our clutter. Ugh! So, today’s post is to help lighten the chore and bring health to your body and soul by sharing some humorous and thoughtful quotes, and facts and tips on how to declutter your digital, physical, and mental spaces.
Dr. Mercola recently posted an article about how clutter can affect us. It’s probably nothing we haven’t already heard, but it’s good to be reminded and hopefully inspired to do different than what we’ve done before. Here’s the short version of the article posted on the website. Click here or on the link below to read the whole article with tips and insights.
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
Researchers questioned three groups of adults in different stages of their life to find out clutter’s effects across generations
A strong association was found between procrastination and clutter problems, and clutter problems also led to a significant decrease in satisfaction with life among older adults
Women living in cluttered homes had increased depressed mood over the course of the day, while the opposite held true for women with restorative homes
When you’re in an organized, uncluttered space, your brain has an easier time processing everything that’s there, which frees up space to focus on other things. (Read more here.)
Here’s a great quote from Albert Einstein that I think sums up well the true meaning of Spring Cleaning. “Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Paul said it this way in 1 Corinthians 14:33, “For God is not a God of disorder but of peace.”
This Spring while you are attempting to declutter your life, may you find humor, simplicity, harmony, opportunity and peace, so that you will be blessed and be a blessing In Jesus Name!