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Healthy Thursday


This weeks edition of Healthy Thursday involves Lysol and Resolve.

A clean house keeps me a little more sane. Yes the physical labor behind cleaning sucks, but none the less I love a clean house so I push through the boredom and the soreness that is associated with it.

My boyfriend in chronically disorganized. This means that clutter and general messiness can quickly stack up if I don't keep up. He'll leave dirty dishes soaking in the dish pan for hours, soda, ice tea containers and wrappers will litter the living room. Added bonus he wears his shoes in the house (I gave up yelling at him) and constantly spills drinks on the rug and doesn't clean it up.

If I wasn't in charge of the household cleaning our house would quickly look like an episode of hoarders. I tried to get after him in the beginning but he always got sick while cleaning, coughing until he pukes. This is funny because he can clean at work just fine. I think on some level it is subconscious on his part, after all hoarding does run in family.

Now I am not a perfectionist when it comes to cleaning but I do like a decluttered and clean house. It helps me feel calmer and relaxed and less on edge. This week I grabbed my buckets, cleaning solutions and brushes and scrubbed down the living room, rug included.

I also spent some time going through books to donate or give away. This single task freed up a whole bookcase meaning more room in the bedroom and less of a cluttered feel. It also helped distract my mind from some of the stress I was under. So I guess this weeks healthy indulgence was cleaning therapy.

Healthy Thursday is a great way that you can share dietary changes, new exercises, stress reduction techniques or just any general things that you have engaged in or changed in your life that has a positive impact. No matter how small or how simple these are things that we do to improve our selves and lessen the effects of our illnesses. Put a link in the comments to your own blog entry for Healthy Thursday.  If you don't have blog then just comment with what your healthy thing is.

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