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Cleaning away stress and anxiety
lean away dirt, stress and anxiety
Clutter and dirt can play a significant role in how we feel about our homes, workplaces, and ourselves. Mess can leave us feeling stressed, anxious and useless. We tend to compare ourselves to others who seem to have it all, clean house and car, ironed clothes and perfect family and this can make us feel even more inadequate. It just feels overwhelming and relentless, right?
LAUNDRY
top tips
1Select a podcast or some upbeat music, ideally something that makes you want to sing along and dance.
5Sort the clean laundry into smaller piles, one for each family member, one to donate and if damaged to toss. 2 Pick one room and stay there! Now set the timer on your phone to stop the music after 15 minutes.
6Pick one of those piles, fold and put that away. It's important to see the progress being made. 3 Work on one section of the room at a time. We picked the laundry.
7If the timer ends before you have finished that's ok, stop and have a drink of chilled water. 4 Pop a load in the washing machine and while that's working it's magic collect all the clean washing into one place.
8Take time to mentally praise yourself before resetting the timer for another 15 mins. You've got this!
If you feel like it's a losing the battle to keep your home in order don't worry we have popped our tried and tested process below to help you cut through the cleaning in no time.
Once you're on top of things we recommend doing 3 x 15-minute sessions a day. We like to do 2 x in the morning and 1 x in the kitchen at night, always ensuring we load the dishwasher before bed.
This is also a great tool to use with children!
