Put Down the Scrub Brush for a Moment and Clean Your Life Up with Gratitude
I was curious, so I did a quick Internet search to investigate how many hours we spend, on average, cleaning our homes. What I found was many different results ranging from one hour per day for the average person, to seven hours per week for parents, to two hours per day for women, and to about 20 hours per week for full-time working women. Wow. When you really think about it, we spend a lot of time cleaning (perhaps some of us more than others!). The good news is that cleaning has been found to promote mental health (although I’m not so sure I want my partner to know this!). Cleaning helps us gain a sense of mastery and control over our environment, calms the…