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If you’ve been feeling a bit low lately, you may want to take a look around your home. Studies indicate that clutter promotes stress and negatively affects life satisfaction, physical health, and cognition because people are so connected to their home environments. In other words, your home is an extension of yourself, so if it’s a disorganized mess, you’re likely to feel the same. Interestingly enough, this is quite a common problem. A survey revealed that 54 percent of Americans are overwhelmed with clutter, and 78 percent of them don’t know how to deal with it. Experts agree that starting small and taking a room-by-room approach will help you retain your focus without feeling too overwhelmed.  Continue reading “How to Make Your Home Tidy So You Feel More Relaxed”

The year might be winding down, but it’s not too late to start thinking about yourself for a change. Giving yourself a gift might seem like a pipe dream — but it doesn’t have to. Here are five wallet-friendly gifts that you can give yourself that will improve your mental and physical health, not just for the year, but always. Continue reading “5 Self-Care Gifts (for Yourself) That Won’t Bust Your Budget”

If you’re stuck in a lateral trajectory to nowhere and ready to grab the next rung on the ladder to personal fulfillment, you’ll have to stop looking at the end goal and start focusing on the present. You can’t make it to the top if you don’t give yourself the mental and physical fuel you need to succeed. Continue reading “Ready for Change? Start by Changing the Way You Care for Yourself”

Americans are workaholics, often opting out of vacation days out of dedication to their careers, a sense of duty, responsibility, or for more pay. As Business Insider reported, most Americans, if given a choice, would prefer an extra $20,000 rather than four more weeks of vacation.  However, taking vacations and traveling has been proven to provide benefits at work, as well as in someone’s personal, emotional, and even spiritual life.  Seeing new places and exploring the vastness of life will improve productivity and happiness at work and elsewhere.