Having a Harmonious Home Life

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We each have a unique idea of what our perfect home environment looks like and what it feels like from an emotional perspective.  Home should be a stabilising place of comfort and security yet if we forget to stay on top of the basics we are robbed of this feeling of home and life starts to feel quite chaotic.

 

The saying “tidy house tidy mind” describes this well, but the concept shouldn’t be limited to cleanliness or home organisation – think of how it would feel to come home each day to find urgent letters chasing up missed payments, or to get into the shower and run out of hot water due to an inefficient water heater.

 

Like the engine room of a ship, there are a number of things that need to be taken care of in order to ensure a consistent feeling of harmony within your home – as niggling concerns which are left unattended can quickly snowball.

 

This article looks at how to ensure a consistent feeling of “home” by taking care of some of the less glamorous ‘behind the scenes’ tasks of creating a harmonious home environment.  In essence, your home needs you just as much as you need it.

 

  1. STAY ON TOP OF THE BILLS

Keeping up with household bills can be stressful if money is tight, but you want your home to feel like your castle – a sanctuary free from stress – not a situation where each time you go past the mailbox you dread receiving another utility bill reminder.  Set up an affordable payment plan with each of your creditors to lessen the financial stress you feel.

 

  1. GARDENING

If you come home each day to an overgrown garden, paint peeling off the fences, and rubble in the yard – it creates a feeling of chaos and things being out of control.  Agreed, you don’t need a white picket fence with begonias growing in the garden, but a garden that feels “well kept” will help you feel calm and like your life is in order.

 

  1. ORGANISATION

Do you ever find yourself searching for car keys or having to empty out your closet to find the denim skirt you’re looking for?  If you live in physical clutter and chaos, it affects your mental state, and creates an inner sense of clutter and chaos too.  Keep things organised within your home so that you can feel more at peace and calm within yourself.

 

  1. CLEAN & TIDY

Keeping your home clean and tidy sounds simple enough, but often, this can snowball out of control when left for a few days, becoming such a chaotic mess, that you don’t know where to begin.  The trick here, is to either employ a cleaner that undertakes a moderately deep clean, each week, or for you to do it yourself, little and often.

 

  1. NEIGHBOURS

No matter how hard you try, not everyone is getting to get on with you, and some people are just plain difficult.  However, if you can get on with your neighbours to the point there’s a sense of warmth and community between you, this will pay dividends on facilitating the feeling of “home” you crave.

 

In summary, your home is there to provide you with a place of harmony that supports you throughout the storms of your life, yet it’s important to maintain your home in order to receive the harmony you deserve from your home.

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