Posted on 03/19/2018 3:03:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Clorox, the household name in the cleaning industry, recently released findings...
The study’s first component consisted of an online survey of 2,000 American adults which found that those who enjoyed the act of cleaning were 25% happier that those who did not.
People who keep a clean home are not only happier, but more relaxed and focused than those who are messy, a new survey finds. What’s more: children in cleaner home study more and show greater empathy.
Furthermore, those who frequently spruced up the house didn’t seem to experience diminishing returns: for each extra hour of cleaning a week, the average respondent’s happiness increased by 53%.
Regular cleaning was also associated with other positive health outcomes, including improved relaxation (indicated by 80% of respondents), heightened focus (77%), better sleep (72%), and increased productivity (72%), the researchers found.
Respondents who also happened to be parents were asked additional questions about how they believed their kids benefited from cleaning their room.
Nearly 60% of parents said their kids studied better when their room was clean, and about half (49%) indicated that their child’s behavior saw marked improvement.
On a related note, teaching cleaning habits from a young age conferred great benefits: children who were assigned cleaning as a chore were 64% more likely to exhibit empathy, and 60% more willing to help others in their community as an adult.
“There’s nothing more important to me as a dad than making sure my kids grow up to be kind and resilient adults and I think that’s something that connects all parents,” comments actor Sterling K. Brown, a celebrity spokesman for Clorox, in a press release.
(Excerpt) Read more at studyfinds.org ...
This is common sense.
Dang, I’m doing it wrong.
I’ll print this out and give it to the wife.
Mostly because it is time well spent. A clean home is a happy home.
I do not enjoy cleaning house.
I prefer to keep it clean by wiping things down each day.
Saturday’s are for fun, not house cleaning...
I’m happier and more relaxed not cleaning the house. I have a bad back, and do what is necessary. My place is far from being a pigsty. There was a day when I washed my floors on my hands and knees like my mother did, but those days are long gone.
Anyone know a slightly depressed hottie?
My place could use it.
Let us know how that goes.
I remember my Mother used to sing while doing her house work.
My wife had a beautiful voice but I don’t recall her ever singing except in the choir. I don’t think she minded house work tho.
We have a family joke: if ghosts were haunting the house and able to move things, they are welcome to house clean!
Gurls, get out your dust clothes, don your house dress and get Leave It To Beaver June Cleaver happy!
I used to enjoy cleaning when Merv Griffin and Phil Donahue were on the air and I listened to the TV in the background. These days, the good old shows are all gone.
A home should be clean enough to be healthy, but dirty enough to be happy.
She is liable to point out to you that the article says “people” not women. She probably would not want to be the only happy person in the house. heh
Clean as you go! That was the training motto at McDonald’s when I worked there decades ago. I learned it so well, I use it in my own home. You’re right, so much better than waiting for a big pile of dirt on “cleaning day”. (This is especially true of shower stalls, squeegee and wipe em down after each use, and you never really need to clean them, haven’t “cleaned” mine in years!)
If it wasn’t for the laundry pile in my bedroom in my 20s, no other living thing would have been there to listen to me write music for open mic night.
Sometimes the pile would shift a little and I would go back and work on that part.
I’d think twice about that dude.
Unclutter your life, unclutter your mind.
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