Image CreditWhether you live in America or China, we all have a very personal and unique idea of what “home” looks like. Indeed, when we travel to faraway countries and set up a new life, the concept and moreover, the feeling, of home is particularly important.
The saying “tidy house tidy mind” describes this well, but the concept shouldn’t be limited to cleanliness or home organisation. Like the engine room of a ship, there are a number of things that need to be taken into consideration when trying to ensure a consistent feeling of “home” within your abode, which is particularly important if you have children, and are living abroad; as this sense of stability can have a profound effect on their emotional development.
This article looks at how to ensure a consistent feeling of “home” no matter where you live in the world, as unless you’re a property developer, focused purely on the financials and spending your time looking into things such as lendinghome reviews, a home is much more than the bricks and mortar that keep the four walls and a roof above your head. Home is where the heart is yet there are some very practical things needed to create a happy harmonious home whether you live in China, America or anywhere else in the world.
- STAY ON TOP OF THE BILLS
Keeping up with household bills can be stressful if money is tight, but you want your home to feel like your castle – a sanctuary from financial stress – not a situation where each time you go past the mailbox you dread receiving another bill.
- GARDENING
If you have a garden it’s important to keep it well maintained as if you come home each day to an overgrown garden or paint peeling off the fences it creates a feeling of chaos and things being out of control.
- ORGANIZATION
If you live in physical clutter and chaos, it affects your mental state, and creates an inner sense of clutter and chaos too. Keep things organised within your home so that you can feel more at peace and calm within yourself.
- CLEAN & TIDY
Keeping your home clean and tidy sounds simple enough, but often, this can snowball out of control when left for a few days, becoming such a chaotic mess, that you don’t know where to begin. The trick here, is to either employ a cleaner that undertakes a moderately deep clean, each week, or for you to do it yourself, little and often.
- NEIGHBORS
No matter how hard you try, not everyone is getting to get on with you, particularly if you’re living as an expat from another culture. However, if you can get on with your neighbours to the point there’s a sense of warmth and community between you, this will pay dividends on facilitating the feeling of “home” you crave.
In summary, no matter where you live in the world the idea of take care of your home and your home will take care of you seems true.
