Spring cleaning
Spring cleaning
An orderly house is the first step to feel at peace in the place where we spend the most hours each day. Spring is an ideal time to do a general cleaning and get your house ready for good weather. Making it is easier than it seems if you follow these steps.
Out of toxic relationships
Out of toxic relationships
"Throw away what you don't need" is a principle that you can also apply in your relationships. If you feel that your partner or a friend steals your energy, makes you feel more bad than good and does not bring you anything positive, perhaps it is time to break up with them. Learn how to identify toxic people here.
Make your house nice
Make your house nice
In addition to being clean and tidy, it is important that your home gives you good feelings. We spend many hours in our house, so it is vital that it is beautiful, cozy and provides us with happiness. Here we inspire you to decorate in happy mode.
Enter meditation
Enter meditation
That doesn't sound like a cult to you, a study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry claims that mindfulness meditation can change your brain and improve your health. 5 minutes before getting out of bed close your eyes, begin to breathe deeply through your diaphragm and try to relax. Try to imagine that your tensions and worries flow through your entire body until they go through the balls of your feet. Before finishing, consciously relax every part of your body.
Pamper yourself a lot
Pamper yourself a lot
Make time for yourself, even if it's 15 minutes a day. Perhaps what you most want is to take a relaxing bath listening to your favorite music. paint or lie on the couch and read quietly. It doesn't matter, look for the activity that relaxes you and makes you happy and indulge in it without complexes.
Digital detox
Digital detox
We are not going to ask you to throw away your mobile and forget everything, but we are going to ask you to disconnect a few hours a day. A good way to start disengaging is to try not to look at your phone from the moment you wake up until you get to work and not to look at it again after dinner. You will sleep better, we guarantee it.
A little bit of Feng Shui
A bit of Feng Shui
Rearrange your house following the principles of Feng Shui. To start, throw away everything you don't need and organize what you keep (you can learn how in one of our articles.) Bet on open spaces, light colors and wood. Let the sun come into your house and fill it with plants that purify the air. Here you can learn more about easy Feng Shui.
Donate what you don't need
Donate what you don't need
When you get in the Marie Kondo plan and empty half of your house, don't throw away what you don't want, better donate it. If you google "donate clothes your city" you will find many options. You can also choose to sell appliances, furniture and various objects on Wallapop-type platforms.
Breathe nature
Breathe nature
Dr. Qing Li, author of the book The Power of the Forest , states that walking surrounded by trees can reduce blood pressure, stress, blood sugar, and improve concentration, mental health, and strengthen the immune system. If you don't have a forest nearby, you can go for a walk in the park or even fill your house with indoor plants. They will inspire you for sure!
Clean your diet
Clean your diet
Try more in your neighborhood market and less in the supermarket chains, so you will avoid filling your fridge with processed foods rich in refined sugars and unnecessary fats. Bet on seasonal products and, if it can be, local. Here we propose tips to eat healthier and, also, with more flavor.
do exercise
do exercise
If you don't do any sports, maybe it's time to get down to it. You can join the gym or just try to walk more a day. Recent research published in the International Journal of Obesity says that walking 15,000 steps a day could be the key to being healthy, fit, and even losing weight. Follow our plan and you can take the 15,000 steps easily.
Purify the air in your home
Purify the air in your home
There are certain plants that give your home more oxygen and eliminate harmful substances. Some of them are the pothos, the ficus, the ribbons, the indoor palm, areca, dracena or cacti.
Check your expenses
Check your expenses
Now, most of the apps of the banking entities make you a ranking of where you spend the most. Another of the most popular and useful apps to control your expenses is Fintonic. Review your account and try to reduce unnecessary purchases that do not allow you to save and live with a little more peace of mind. In our Savings section you will find many tips to spend less in all areas of your life.
Take a vacation
Take a vacation
A weekend away from it all also works. According to various studies, traveling lowers stress levels and that is positive for the general health of your body. And you don't have to spend a fortune to disconnect. Surely less than an hour from where you live there are wonderful rural places to discover.
Spring is a good time to try to change small aspects of our life that hinder our happiness. As Marie Kondo says, order brings happiness, and the good thing is that we can order anything, not just our house. Relationships, finances, toxic emotions or the way we eat … everything is subject to review and a subsequent "cleaning".
In the gallery above we give you tips so that you can renew and improve many aspects of your life. Don't be overwhelmed, you don't have to do them all. Choose the ones that best suit you and try to apply them. Small changes have more power than you can imagine.
Tips to clean your life
- Clean and tidy your house. It is the first step to harmonize the rest of the aspects of our life. Throw away what you don't need and order everything else according to the method that works best for you. Afterwards, do a deep cleaning and take the opportunity to decorate as you like best.
- Meditate The benefits of meditation are well proven. You do not have to become an ascetic, but learn easy techniques that will help you de-stress.
- Avoid toxic relationships. Just as we throw away objects that we do not need and do not give us anything, we can also do without people who only bring negativity into our lives. The important thing is to know who these people are.
- Watch your health. A good diet and moderate exercise are the two keys to leading a healthy lifestyle. Review what you eat and try to "Mediterraneanize" the dishes: vegetables, fruits, cereals, fish, lean meats … they have to be your main ingredients. As for exercise, you don't have to beat yourself up in the gym; try for example to walk more.
- Pamper yourself To feel good we must not only feed our body with good food and exercise, but we also have to feed our mind with positive emotions. You have to find time slots that are just for you. Choose the activity that you like the most and practice it for a little bit every day or, hard, every week.
