Vera’s top tips for achieving inner calm
Severely injured golfer won’t face charge say police
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Marie Kondo says do your clothes first but during these times I would pick a space which will make a difference. It could just be your night locker.
In so many homes I’ve been to, the night locker is stacked with phone chargers and magazines gathering dust, bits of lip balm and hand cream.
At least if you fix that space, you can go there in the evening and feel some sort of respite from the pandemic.
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Clear the bedroom chair. Most people put all their clean clothes on the chair after they’ve worn them and never put them back in the wardrobe.
Clear that chair and leave it empty, you’ll feel amazing. 3
A drawer is a simple area to clear out – simple projects, even if it only takes 20 minutes, you get a happy hit every time you open it up.
The reason we have junk drawers is because we haven’t given that drawer a specific purpose.
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One basic rule is committing time. Give yourself two hours and have something nice lined up afterwards, like a lovely meal or a nice walk. When we have too much time we get overwhelmed.
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Visualise how your day will go, instead of coming down to chaos, would you like to come down to a clear surface, bowls laid out?
Keep that dream alive in your own head so you have something to look forward to.
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Finish discarding before you start tidying, everything you have too much of move them on and then tidy by category.
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Ask yourself does this bring you joy? You’ll discover what you love and know what to let go.
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There is a clutter depression, anxiety cycle. It’s a vicious cycle.
A cluttered home can lead to anxiety and depression and vice versa, we tend to care less about the home which makes it even worse.
Living in that kind of environment over-stimulates all of our senses, our visual, our olfactory, everything, causing our senses to work overtime. This increases our cortisol levels. It’s not good for our stress levels.
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Clutter takes away focus from what we are trying to do. If we’re trying to eat a meal and the place is a state, we won’t enjoy the meal.
It constantly reminds us we have so much to do and our work is never done.
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Clutter and mess causes embarrassment and shame, sadly parents will tell kids not to bring their friends over due to embarrassment.
None of this is conducive to heightening our mood at all.
It’s a journey of self-discovery or what’s important to you basically.
TIGER Woods told police he had no memory of the car crash that left him with a shattered right leg – and was oblivious at the time to the severity of his injuries.
Officers yesterday disclosed more details of the superstar golfer’s condition after revealing no charges will be brought against him.
Woods, 45, was calm when he was found trapped in a loaned SUV after Tuesday’s accident in California, said Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
He added: “At the hospital he was asked about it by investigators and said he had no recollection of the crash itself.”
Deputy Carlos Gonzalez, first on the scene six minutes after a 911 emergency call, said: “I don’t think he was aware of how gravely he was injured at the time. It could be a mixture of adrenaline, it could’ve been shock.
“From the moment he rolled over to when I arrived it was very quick, so I don’t know if he had time to fully assess his injuries.”
Deputy Gonzalez said he saw no signs of Woods being impaired by alcohol, which was why no blood test was performed. The golf legend is recovering in hospital from extensive surgery to his right leg and ankle.
He reportedly hit a raised central reservation “at speed”, a street sign and a tree before flipping his €55,000 vehicle several times at Rolling Hills Estates, Los Angeles County.
It came to rest in roadside bushes. Police said the seatbelt saved his life.
Friend Pete Mcdaniel said the 15-time Major champion’s mother Tida told him their family are “relieved more than anything else”.
On fears for Woods’s future as a player, he added: “Tiger will listen to his body and doctors. But he is so mentally tough that he’ll find a silver lining and it’ll push him to come back.”