We’ve all been there your mum nagging you to make you bed and tidy your room and yes, I do it to my children too, but there’s more to it than just having a clean and tidy home. Psychologically whether you are conscious of it or not you are helping them to develop positive habits for the future.
This may seem obvious, no one wants someone in a work environment who has rolled out of bed, with clothes that have been on the floor for a week. Without these simple habits it is easy for growing children or adults to let things slide eventually just letting go of basic such as structure cleanliness and pride in their surroundings. Once they have mastered making their bed with pride gradually over weeks it becomes a ritual, other simple habits may follow such dirty clothes in the laundry bin and a sweet smelling, organised room from which to vlog and video call friends.
The introduction of a retreat is good ritual for children and adults alike, we all have good days where we feel happy and joyous, and nothing can go wrong but we are also prone to ‘one of those days’ where nothing seems to go right. Creating a retreat, your space, a place to seek refuge with a nicely made bed and the little touches that make it yours, led candles, a plant or personal items can create comfort and an emotional release in a stress-free space.
A clean and tidy room reduces stress, decluttering on regular basis is essential, clearing away unused toys and clothes making a decluttered space, a decluttered space makes for a decluttered mind and life. The cleared space gives a feeling of productivity which can begin each morning. For a few moments at the beginning of your busy schedule you can pause to take in your accomplishments the beauty of your retreat, your safe space. You are ready to step out into your productive day, knowing come what may your space and your well-made bed will be waiting for you.
As a coach, I too retreat to my room, I find it one of the best places to reflect and meditate, calming, personalised, a place where I can align myself each morning. For some people who share their bedroom, the bedroom does not make for a good retreat, you can choose another area of the home. I have a friend who chooses the bath locking the world out for a few moments of solitude apart from the cat.
Coaching is a safe, non-judgemental space and it is one of the primary reasons many clients find me, with my business entirely online we often meet retreat to retreat, though I don’t recommend taking you device into the bath! Although I have had clients conduct a session from a lonely sandy cove.
Your bed and by extension your retreat is a good place to start reframing your thinking, positive, decluttered with a clear vision of your goal. I hope this helps to start positive habits and create a personal retreat in your home.
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