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The Unbearable Heaviness of Clutter
The Unbearable Heaviness of Clutter
A cluttered home can be a stressful home, researchers are learning.
By Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/
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“Do you have a clutter problem?
If you have to move things around in order to accomplish a task in your home or at your office or you feel overwhelmed by all your “things,” it’s a strong signal that clutter has prevailed. And it might be stressing you out more than you realize.
“Clutter is an overabundance of possessions that collectively create chaotic and disorderly living spaces,” said Joseph Ferrari, a professor of psychology at DePaul University in Chicago who studies the causes of clutter and its impact on emotional well-being. And a cluttered home, researchers are learning, can be a stressful home.
Dr. Ferrari was part of a research team that questioned three groups of adults about clutter and life satisfaction: college students; young adults in their 20s and 30s; and older adults, most in their 50s.
The authors assessed volunteers’ tendency to procrastinate, asking them to respond to statements like “I pay bills on time” using a five-point scale, ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree. Procrastination is closely tied to clutter, because sorting through and tossing items is a task that many people find unpleasant and avoid. It takes time to file away important papers or sort through a dining room table buried under books.
The researchers also measured participants’ general well-being in relation to how clutter might be affecting their lives, asking them to answer questions such as “the clutter in my home upsets me” and “I have to move things in order to accomplish tasks in my home.”
The study, published in Current Psychology, found a substantial link between procrastination and clutter problems in all the age groups. Frustration with clutter tended to increase with age. Among older adults, clutter problems were also associated with life dissatisfaction.
The findings add to a growing body of evidence that clutter can negatively impact mental well-being, particularly among women. Clutter can also induce a physiological response, including increased levels of cortisol, a stress hormone.
A 2010 study in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology looked at dual-income married couples living in the Los Angeles area who had at least one school-aged child at home. The wives in the study who perceived themselves as having a cluttered home or a home that needed work tended to have increased levels of cortisol throughout the day. Those who weren’t feeling cluttered, which included most of the men in the study, had cortisol levels that tended to drop during the day.
Darby Saxbe, an assistant psychology professor at University of Southern California and the study’s lead author, said that the women in the study who described their home as being cluttered or needing work began their day stressed and remained stressed. Some of the added stress, she suspects, was tied to women’s tendency to take on housework and extra chores after the workday. In terms of cortisol levels, men who did more housework in the evening were as likely to have raised cortisol levels at the end of the day as women. It’s just that not as many men spent as much time on housework as their wives, she said.
In a follow-up study, Dr. Saxbe studied the cortisol level in the afternoon and evening, a time when stress should be dropping in “an adaptive recovery.” Not everyone in the study was bothered by shoes left on the staircase or mail piled on the coffee table. But again, women were more likely than men to complain about clutter or having too many unfinished projects, and did not show a cortisol reduction.
“Clutter is in the eye of the beholder,” Dr. Saxbe said. “The people who talked about it were the ones who had the cortisol response.”
Experts are beginning to explore why clutter can elicit such a strong emotional response.
Dr. Saxbe said there has long been a standard representation on how a middle-class home should look and function. A disorderly home fails to live up to such an expectation.
“If you think of the 1950s ideals of the single family home,” Dr. Saxbe said. “The man comes home, kicks up his feet and has a cocktail. The home is a place to come home and unwind. But not if the home is filled with a to-do list and never-ending drudgery.”
Gaining control over the drudgery of decluttering is a task that many inhabitants of cluttered residences struggle to master.
Dr. Ferrari noted that clutter is also often the result of an “over-attachment” to our personal items, which makes it difficult to part with them. For overwhelmed individuals who want to declutter, he recommends a hands-off approach.
“If you’re going to declutter, don’t touch the item. Don’t pick it up,” he said. “Have somebody else hold the pair of black pants and say, ‘Do you need this?’ Once you touch the item, you are less likely to get rid of it.”
Another option is to make a conscious effort to acquire less. Dr. Ferrari argued that most of what we accumulate we do not need. “We have taken our wants and been told they are needs,” he said.
Dr. Saxbe agreed that a good way to declutter is to keep items out of the house in the first place. She urged shoppers to consider whether they truly need an item or if it will add to their home’s sense of dysfunction. “Once it’s in the house, it’s really hard to deal with. You get attached to the things you own,” she said.”
WEDNESDAY WELLNESS – TIPS FOR CLEAN LIVING
The Forward Thinking Mind
The words that you say to yourself matter. Our brains tend to believe what we hear. Develop a positive mindset by creating a “Greatest Hits Playlist” of positive thoughts. Think of it like a musician preparing for a concert. Choose empowering words that soothe and heal. Choose love.
Remember: We do have the power to change our thoughts and change our life. ~Organically Yours
3 Hallmarks of Wellness
3 Hallmarks of Wellness
The Body, Mind & Environment Event
Have you ever had the feeling that there is so much more to life than what you already have?
Do you struggle trying to balance your health, your mindset and your living space?
Does it feel impossible to do?
What if, instead, the constant battle went away? You could simply transform your life so you could reach optimum health, clearer thinking, and a smart environment.
Can you imagine what that would look like – what that would feel like?
In this workshop, you will be personally guided through the 3 Hallmarks Of Wellness so you can experience a fit & nourished body, a forward thinking mind and a fresh, free environment.
You’ll be exposed to state-of-the-art learning that will unlock negative patterns. You will experience first-hand a formula for clean living, a process for understanding & training our brains, and a toolkit for organized living.
I’m going to personally guide you through the 4 Components to Great Health, The 3 Habits to Boost Positive Patterns, and the 7 simple steps to cure clutter.
No longer will you have to sit on the sidelines wishing for wellness. With this revolutionary event you will finally experience what it feels like to live a vibrant healthy life and soar to new heights.
3 Nights Guaranteed To Enhance Your Life
June 6th, June 13th, June 20th – 2018
Event Details:
The Fit & Nourished Body
4 Components to Great Health
A Formula for Clean Living
The Forward Thinking Mind
3 Habits to Boost Positive Patterns
A Process for Understanding & Training Our Brains
The Fresh, Free Environment
7 Simple Steps to Cure Clutter
A Toolkit for Organized Living
Here Is What You Can Expect From This Life Enhancing Event:
Live interaction with Patricia as she personally guides you through the on-line learning material.
PDF downloadable course file to follow along.
At the end of each evening, you will go into a private chat room with other people from the group to review and discuss content to maximize your learning.
A private Facebook Community Page just for this event.
Community of friendship and like-minded individuals.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT
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I want you to know that I am so thrilled to finally be able to offer this event to you. This is the EVENT that I have been teaching on my book tour that people are getting great results with.
I’m telling you this because I want you to really see the tremendous opportunity you will have to bask in wellness. It’s a lifestyle changer – no doubt about it!
I can’t wait for you to be part of this amazing event and look forward to serving you in the highest form.
Wednesday Wellness
The Fit & Nourished Body
“Detoxifying is an excellent way of cleaning your body of toxins and pollutants. It gives your organs a thorough cleaning so they can function at their highest level to heal your body.” ~Organically Yours
If you enjoyed this Wellness Tip you can now get them delivered every Wednesday to your in-box.
SPECIAL GIVE AWAY
SPECIAL GIVE AWAY
Because I feel so strongly about helping people understand the benefits of being pro-active in their health, I would like to extend a personal invitation to you.
If you accept my invite, you will also receive, (absolutely free) my 3 Lessons To Remember
When Faced With A Health Crisis, a copy of Organically Yours (if you don’t already have it) and my brand new Workbook to enhance your learning experience.
Here is the invite:
For 7 days, I am opening up my schedule to a limited amount of people who would like a private coaching session with me – absolutely FREE. There’s a short window of opportunity to be coached and only a few spots are left. You do need to act quickly to this invite.
All you have to do is click on the registration button and you will be taken to a calendar to schedule your session. There’s no catch, no gimmick, just a gift I would love to offer you.
I hope you accept it!
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Wellness Starts With Healthy Choices
Let me ask you something…
If your body was fit and nourished, your mind was sharp and positive, and you lived in a space that was neat and tidy, how would that make you feel? I’m going to go on a hunch and say, pretty darn good, right?
The sad truth is that most people do not live this way. Perhaps, they achieve one out of the three, if they are lucky. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be this way. Unfortunately we tend to wait until a real crisis hits before we take action to change our circumstances. We chalk that up to human nature.
But what if you made the conscious choice to be pro-active and make healthy lifestyle decisions … can you imagine what that would do for your overall well-being?
Wellness Starts With Healthy Choices
You see, what I’ve come to learn through my own trials and tribulations is that taking charge of my health is an act of self-love. I never viewed it like that before. I guess I took my health for granted in many ways, until the day I was face to face with a crisis.
I don’t want that to happen to you. I want you to be prepared so you can make informed, educated decisions for yourself. I don’t want you to be caught off-guard like I was.
In my book, Organically Yours; Open Yourself to a Vibrant Healthy Life I explain how the night before I was supposed to leave for a mini-getaway (I was so looking forward to escaping the winter elements and soaking up some sunshine and vitamin D) my body was getting ready to surprise me in a way that would redirect my life. I had no idea that the morning would greet me with its own agenda and re-route my plans.
Through my wellness journey I learned 3 Important Lessons everyone needs to know.
These very important lessons can radically change the outcome of your situation. I believe this to be true because it made a huge difference for me.
These 3 Important Lessons will help you eliminate a lot of your worry, confusion and overwhelm. You will be able to prioritize what’s really important so you can focus your attention on taking care of yourself – first and foremost.
Because I believe behind every question is the answer, (and I know you have many questions you would like answered), I would like to extend an invitation to you. This is a personal offering that, well quite honestly, I feel compelled to make because I want you to be guided properly and be informed with information that can drastically make a difference in your life.
For 7 days, I am opening up my schedule to a limited amount of people who would like a private coaching session with me – absolutely FREE. There’s a short window of opportunity to be coached personally with me due to my book tour, so act fast to secure your spot. As an added bonus you will receive a copy of Organically Yours and my new workbook!
All you have to do now is take the next step and register for your private session with me. Think of it as accepting a gift from me to you. And the best part is you will learn the 3 Important Lessons that can make a real difference in your life or someone you love!
REGISTER HERE
3 Important Lessons To Remember
Have you ever been totally caught off guard by something that would change your life forever? It happened to me…
In my book, Organically Yours; Open Yourself to a Vibrant Healthy Life I explain how the night before I was supposed to leave for a mini-getaway (I was so looking forward to escaping the winter elements and soaking up some sunshine and vitamin D) my body was getting ready to surprise me in a way that would redirect my life. I had no idea that the morning would greet me with its own agenda and re-route my plans.
No one likes to be caught off guard, especially when faced with a health crisis. After the initial shock of hearing a life threatening diagnosis, confusion and worry usually set in. You begin to ask yourself questions such as:
How Did This Happen To Me?
What Am I Going To Do From Here?
Is This Diagnosis Accurate?
Should I Get Another Opinion?
Will I be okay?
The good news is that these questions can lead a person to a higher understanding when properly guided.
I address these questions and so much more in my book. I also walk you through my comprehensive approach to wellness for the body, mind and living space. But there’s something I didn’t tell you and that’s the 3 Important Lessons I learned that everyone needs to remember when faced with a health crisis.
These very important lessons can radically change the outcome of your situation. I believe this to be true because it made a huge difference for me. It’s not a secret, life can be difficult, and there will be challenges at times. However, there are things that we can do to eliminate a lot of the unnecessary struggles that so many of us experience.
These 3 Important Lessons will help you eliminate a lot of your worry, confusion and overwhelm. You will be able to prioritize what’s really important so you can focus your attention on taking care of yourself – first and foremost.
Because I believe behind every question is the answer, (and I know you have many questions you would like answered), I would like to extend an invitation to you. This is a personal offering that, well quite honestly, I feel compelled to make because I want you to be guided properly and be informed with information that can drastically make a difference in your life.
For 7 days, I am opening up my schedule to a limited amount of people who would like a private coaching session with me – absolutely FREE. There’s a short window of opportunity to be coached personally with me due to my book tour, so act fast to secure your spot. As an added bonus for responding quickly, the first 7 people who register you will receive a copy of Organically Yours with the workbook!
Take a look at what people are saying about Organically Yours on Amazon with a 5 Star Rating:
Effective, Practical, Engaging: Great read! Every page left me craving for more. Patricia writes as if she is having a personal conversation with you and provides advice very easy to apply. I tried one of the smoothie recipes included and was quite impressed. Highly recommend picking up this book. ~ Sean F
A Must Read: Patricia’s wise words are so inspiring in “Organically Yours!” She uses real, personal experiences to demonstrate just how beneficial living a healthy lifestyle is. She has not only used wellness as way to treat the symptoms of her illness, but as a preventative measure as well and that is where the future is headed! Her cutting edge thoughts on wellness and prevention are refreshing and have me inspired to change my diet for my own benefit. “Organically Yours” is a must read for everyone. Whether you lead a healthy lifestyle already or struggle like me, the ideas presented in this book are really life changing! ~ Jennifer H
Do Yourself A Favor, Get The Book: I wasn’t sure what to expect, at first I thought it would be about eating organic foods. I was pleasantly surprised that Patricia’s emphasis was on taking a holistic approach to wellness. She addresses not only a healthy diet for your body, but she shows you how to help your mind stay focused and clear in a time of a crisis and why it’s important to live in an organized, living space to reduce stress. I must say, I am impressed and highly recommend this book. ~ Jackie C
All you have to do now is take the next step and register for your private session with me. Think of it as a discovery session where you will learn the 3 Important Lessons that can make a real difference in your life. Talk to you soon!
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WELLNESS IN CROATIA
THE WELLNESS INDUSTRY IS EXPECTING A STEADY AND HIGH GROWTH according to Euromonitor International, the global market for health and wellness.
HTI Conference 2018 will organize a special panel this year that will present the latest and most profitable trends to participants. One of the speakers at the conference in Zagreb will be Patricia Diesel, renown author, who was also among the main speakers at last year’s WMTC in Los Angeles. She will present years of work based on her own experience and insights that connect different wellness techniques in creating a balanced lifestyle that enhances own pleasure and productivity.
LOOK WHO IS FEATURED IN FITNESS FASHION INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE
I am super excited to share the news with you! My article “THE WAKE-UP CALL” which was based off the first chapter in my new book ORGANICALLY YOURS was featured in Fitness Fashion International Magazine. And yes, I made it on the cover too!
Deeply grateful and thankful for Fitness Fashion International Magazine’s support and dedication to wellness.
