3 Ways to Make Your Home a More Stress-Free Place to Be
Work can be pretty stressful, and so can the various everyday obligations that we all have to contend with.
Of course, the wider world at large can be stressful, too – as the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded anyone who needed reminding.
A certain amount of stress is inevitable in life, but it’s important to manage the stress well, and to counterbalance it with moments of relaxation and rejuvenation. Because unmanaged and unaddressed stress can be extremely detrimental to anyone’s health and well-being over time.
Ideally, your home should serve the role of being a place where you can destress and recharge your batteries in peace and calm.
Here are a few ways to make your home a more stress-free place to be.
Install features and utilize elements that are more resilient, and are easier to clean and maintain
It might be fair to say that the more complex and difficult-to-manage features there are in your home, the more stressed you will likely tend to become, due to an inordinate amount of time being spent on things like cleaning and maintenance.
A great stress-busting tip is to install features and utilise elements that are more resilient, are easier to clean and maintain, and that help to streamline things rather than throw hurdles in your way.
Just one example might be hybrid flooring, but you could also consider things like having your bathrooms converted to wet rooms, or purchasing more robust furniture that is likely to need to be replaced in a hurry.
Make sure that everything in your home has its place, and that everything stays organised
There’s a reason why minimalism has been so popular in recent years, not to mention movements and TV shows focused on home decluttering and organisation – such as Marie Kondo’s Konmari method.
That’s because no one ever feels properly calm, relaxed, or content, if their home is a highly disorganized and cluttered place to be.
In such a case, you will not only likely find yourself feeling constantly overwhelmed and confused about where things are, but you’ll probably also have an uncomfortable nagging voice in the back of your mind telling you that you really need to tidy things up.
Making sure that everything in your home has its place, and that everything stays organised and de-cluttered, can have an almost magical effect on your ability to be calm and relaxed.
Strike the right balance between private alcoves, and friendly shared spaces
In a family home, or even just in a home occupied by a couple, there needs to be the right balance between opportunities for privacy and solitude, and time spent interacting together.
If you feel as though you are too secluded and isolated, or as though you don’t have any real opportunity for solitude, both of these scenarios will likely drive up your stress levels.
So, strike the right balance between private alcoves, and friendly shared spaces in your home – both with regards to how you arrange furniture, and also potentially with regards to how you model or remodel your home as whole.
Cheers!
Janelle
