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Start Now to Make Changes for the New Year

We are winding down the year 2011 and already people are starting to make plans, if even just in their minds, on how they are going to start out the New Year with changes. December is a great time to get ready. It gives you a chance to really reflect on what changes you want to make and how you want to go about them. Fitness is one of the top New Year resolutions or changes that people tend to make. But the problem is that if you decide on January 1st to start and don’t have a plan, it … Continue reading →

Make Your Bedroom Relaxing

Today we are in your bedroom. This could possibly be the most neglected room in the house. It’s easy just to shut the door and forget about it and when unexpected guests arrive everything usually gets shoved in the bedrooms. Out of sight out of mind. This can quickly become a problem. Is your bedroom a soothing, relaxing place to be or is a dumping ground? First gather up everything that doesn’t belong in your bedroom and return it to the rooms it does belong to. Next throw open your closet and pull out all the clothes and shoes you … Continue reading →

Preparing the Environment of Your Home

With it now being officially autumn and winter on the horizon, you are going to be spending much more time inside. This is why you might want to prepare the environment of your home. While you might have spent many a day out on the deck or an evening on the patio in front of a pit fire, now you will be indoors. So you want to prepare your home for the upcoming colder months. This is a good time to think about rearranging some things in your home. Which room are you most likely to spend more time in? … Continue reading →

The Five Minute Bedroom Pick up

The bedroom can be one of the most neglected areas of the home. Since it isn’t usually a room that is in the general flow of the household or a place that company gets to see, it can get pretty cluttered. This is a shame, because a cluttered bedroom isn’t peaceful or serene for sleep. Here are some tips on having a five minute bedroom pick up. Make the bed Making a bed actually takes less than five minutes. Making the bed is important, because it establishes a routine for the bedroom pick up, and it is amazing how neat … Continue reading →

Rate Your Bedroom

What kind of master bedroom do you have? Is it romantic, sophisticated, average, or boring? If you had to describe the space you share with your spouse in one word, what would that word be? A married couple’s bedroom should be a retreat, a sanctuary from the outside world. That means even from the rest of the household, even the kids sometimes. It should be a comfortable, relaxing area where you and your spouse can talk or even just hide out once in a while for a few moments so that you can catch your breath. Today, families tend to … Continue reading →

Inviting, Pleasing to the Eye and Comfortable

What emotions do you experience when you enter your bedroom? Does it feel like a sanctuary, a place where you can truly unwind after a long and difficult day? Or does it feel more like the rest of your life…cluttered and chaotic? We may not give much thought to the feelings that rooms in our home can stir, but they can make a significant difference. This is true for the start of your day and the end of it. I don’t like waking up to dirty dishes and dust bunnies. I try to manage my home enough that the start … Continue reading →

I Love To Weed, I May Need Professional Help

Sometimes people write blogs that inspire you to think about things. Recently Stephanie Romero wrote about Chores That Relax You. I could relate with the fact that she doesn’t find painting relaxing. I don’t either. I get all excited to paint but by the time I’m finished wrestling with all that blue paint, I’m done. It drives me crazy and no matter how careful I am I get paint on the ceiling, trim and carpet. Not relaxing at all. For me, it’s weeding. Although you couldn’t tell it by the state of my flower beds right now, weeding relaxes me. … Continue reading →

Chores That Relax You

Do you find certain chores and household tasks to be relaxing? I hadn’t thought about that very much until I got together with some friends this week. I was telling one of them that since our 15-year-old daughter was at camp for the week, we were repainting her bedroom. Thankfully she has gotten out of the dark colors stage and picked out a bright, cheery light purple. My friend made the comment that she loved painting because it relaxed her. Painting, relaxing? I couldn’t relate. I really dislike that household task. I find it time-consuming and boring. I could think … Continue reading →

Hospitality with Little Ones

When we have little children we often feel like being hospitable is too much trouble. It is hard to make sure the house is clean enough for company with children at our feet. What about having the time to care for the kids while preparing for a dinner? Having the holidays at a house with children can be difficult for the hostess. In this economy it can also be expensive to plan. If you have small children or plan to host families with small children how do you get over the hump of cleaning the house before, afterwards, and everything … Continue reading →

4 Steps to Relaxation for the Overly Anxious

Anxiety plays a troubling trick on us. We’re often so anxious about all the things we need to do that the only means of relieving the anxiety seems to be getting everything done. But as I discuss in-depth in my book Overcoming Anxiety Worry and Fear, everything is never done. From cleaning the house to finishing up a day’s work tasks, there will be more of the same tomorrow, the next day, and the day after that. The only means of realizing relief is to make the time throughout the day, every day, to relax amidst the tasks that will … Continue reading →