Five Ways to Feel Comfortable in Your Home.

How does your home make you feel? Are you feeling stressed or anxious in your home? Is your home zapping your energy or making you feel sick or tired? Are you in a funk because you just aren’t comfortable in your home? 

Here are five things you can do to feel more comfortable in your home 

Unpack and get settled. Has it been weeks, months, or years since you’ve moved into your home? If you still have unopened boxes, ask yourself why. Why are you procrastinating? Is it that you haven’t had the time, or do you get too overwhelmed just thinking about it? Make this a priority and get settled in your home.  

Don’t get stuck in the minutiae of your home. I’ll often hear people say that washing dishes, folding laundry, opening the mail, filing papers, and putting things back after using them are trivial tasks in the home. They don’t make them a priority because there are more pressing issues to tend to. These tasks keep the home functioning like a well-oiled machine. When all these tasks get neglected, the home becomes a stressful place to live.  

Create a purpose for each room. Do you have a room where the door always stays shut? You walk into the room, throw things in, and immediately close the door. The room doesn’t have a purpose, so things get thrown in there and before you know it, you have a room that looks chaotic, and you feel that it’s easier to close the door than to actually tackle the room. These types of rooms create the most stress. Have you always wanted a home office, a meditation room, an exercise room, or a reading room? You can have that! Get these rooms decluttered and organized. Create a purpose for these rooms and enjoy your new space.  

Make your home a priority. Take the time to write down all the areas of your home that are causing you stress. Put a plan into motion and create a timeline. The more you procrastinate, the longer you are going to be stressed to the max. If these rooms are small rooms that you need to get organized, they should take no longer than three hours to tackle. You have three hours to spare, right? Your house is worth it. Your health is worth it.  

Hire a professional. If you just can’t wrap your head around any of this, and it’s just too overwhelming, it’s time to hire a professional. We can help you get to where you need to be in less time than you think. You can create the home you’ve always dreamed of having. Some can’t justify having someone help them with this project because they think they should be able to do it themselves. I tell them that we use personal trainers to help us with exercise, we hire dietitians to help us get our diet on track and therapists to help us sort our life. If you need help, ask! 

You won’t believe what will happen once you get your home back! You will feel like a weight has been lifted and you can breathe again. You’ll want to spend more time there. You’ll be happy and healthier because you are living in a home that you love. Serenity. Sanity. Finally.