Can feng shui, toothpaste and lather cause the release of endorphins - the hormones of joy?
Surprisingly, yes. How, it would seem, overwhelmed Taoist practice, the usual hygienic means and a simple foaming mixture can relieve from boredom? Find the answer to this question in seven tips. And the best way to know their effectiveness is to test the whole seven recommendations in practice. So, what to do at home when it's boring and endorphins at zero?
Do creative cleaning
Room cleaning - what, at first glance, can be more boring? And if you look at this activity from a different angle and diversify it? To combine a useful cleaning with a pleasant leisure, you can perform a series of sequential actions:
- Turn on your favorite, but necessarily dynamic music in headphones, or even better - in the speakers, so that the melodies can be heard in all rooms. Moderately audible, because only order and joy are needed, and not the police squad that arrived.
- Catch the beat and, dancing, prepare the cleaning supplies.
- Find any motivational things - sweets, gadget with the game, money for pizza, toilet paper (in a certain situation, its absence will motivate to work more than other items).
- Place the selected "exhibits" in the places where the cleaning will be carried out - they will be a reward for the cleared area.
- And forward - to cleanliness and cheerful mood.
What gives such an approach? First, energetic music and dancing make the body “come to life” as endorphins are produced. Secondly, the usual cleaning, scuffing, scraping and other tedious actions suddenly turn into an interesting quest. Thirdly, ungrateful work, finally, is transformed into “thankful” - incentive prizes return the mood. As a result, the apartments are clean, pride in their achievements rejoices, boredom disappears along with the dust.
Two more additional arguments in favor of this method. The first: clutter, dirt, poor air circulation in the room cast melancholy by one kind. In addition, it is unhealthy. We add up the items and get depressed.
Second, the described approach can be applied in any situations where it is just boring to do some work.
Create decorative crafts for home
From useful to beautiful. A lot of aesthetics and comfort in the house does not happen, so do a couple of things with their own hands will never hurt. Do I need to run to the shops, spend time and money looking for unknown things? Not necessarily. Fortunately, hundreds of Internet ideas help to create beauty from improvised means - paper, fabrics, stones, matches, old unnecessary things. All this can be turned into homemade works of art, for example:
- rugs, tablecloths, capes for chairs, armchairs, sofas;
- panel, vertical crafts on the wall, mosaic;
- original flower pots, writing coasters;
- unusual lamps, floor lamps for lamps;
- frames for photos, paintings, mirrors;
- decorative pillows and rollers;
- drawings on countertops, walls, doors, created using stencils.
You can make a collage of photos on the wall, a dream catcher, a night light from a garland, or a picture of painted sand in an old aquarium. The result is limited only by imagination and the desire to act. Creating something beautiful with his own hands, a person puts his soul into it, charges it with his energy. It is not surprising that such things become charms, designed to protect the house, its inhabitants from all bad things. And the creation of beauty leaves in the soul a good piece of positive, which is reflected in the mood.
Rearrange the furniture according to the scheme
The layout of the furniture and decor in the rooms can be drawn up on the basis of the rules of a particular style, practical and individual needs, or your own taste.
There are 4 more options - Feng Shui. According to this technique in the world there is vital energy Qi. Simple objects are able to interrupt its flows and disrupt their circulation. This is bad for a person’s life. In order to prevent the emergence and development of problems, the Chinese practice recommends to arrange the furniture in the apartment according to certain rules. The following principles are considered common to all rooms:
- it is impossible that the house had too much furniture with non-functional angles, it is better to choose rounded edges;
- chaotic accumulation of different objects in one place detrimental effect on mood, health and luck;
- space, good natural lighting - a guarantee of well-being, but it is better to avoid long aisles, creating partitions for them;
- dilapidated, damaged interior items a place in a dump, but not in the house of a happy person;
- clock and music of the wind hang far from the doorways;
- mirrors are not placed in front of the beds and doors, but it would be nice to hang beautiful pictures here;
- items of different elements are not put together. For example, the stove (fire) is installed away from the refrigerator (ice);
- those who are looking for a partner can arrange the objects in pairs (the rule does not apply to flowers).
Isn't feng shui a great excuse for rearranging and renovating furniture? This method has a lot of laws, so things will have to be changed in places for a long time. And this is a kind of sport that stimulates the production of good hormones and eliminates boredom.
If, on the premises, it has long been “Feng Shui” ... Well, who prevents you from inventing your own teaching and settling down according to its principles?
Creatively mess up windows
Parents did not pass the painting gene? Rafael, Picasso, Michelangelo and Donatello are associated only with the names of sewage turtles? No problem, because everyone can paint windows. Or almost everyone. In an extreme case: “I am an artist - I see it that way”.
If art is a complete disaster, stencils made of cardboard or paper will come to the rescue. They are painted on their own or printed out and then cut out. Another way to beautifully arrange the glass - Scotch tape. By gluing individual sections and filling the gaps, you can get perfectly flat geometric lines.
Problems like “no paint - nothing to paint” - excuses. Toothpaste eat? Excellent, because it leaves noticeable marks on the windows, but it is easily washed off. If the dark corner and brushes are not overlooked, then instead of them fit old brushes, toothbrushes, pompons from the cap, cloth, wrapped around a finger. Creativity all the same failed? Wash the glass and try again - not such an impossible task. Or “I am an artist - I see it that way” will save again.
Make a purchase online
Who does not like shopping, he did not buy anything in online stores. Or bought, but on a not particularly good day, when the received purchase was for some reason not very similar to your photo. However, the selection of a good, reliable online site solves the problem. You can order food and dishes, hygienic, household and cosmetic products, gifts, items for the hobby, for the interior - anything. Wherein:
- you do not have to go anywhere, everything is done behind the monitor, and the courier brings goods to the house;
- You can view all the products, compare the characteristics of different positions and choose the best option;
- in some cases it is possible to pay for purchases upon receipt or immediately by card without the need for cash withdrawals;
- often the price is lower than in real affiliates.
There are many advantages: it is possible to flirt with consultants, and the search for things with their consideration will drive away the boredom.
Write a heroic story with a twist
It is boring, difficult and uninteresting to create artistic works. This attitude continues until one condition appears - you need to write about yourself and in a heroic style. There is no need to compose an entire autobiography or spend time remembering at least something funny from life. It is enough to describe the most ordinary day or recent mini-event, but add a drop of pathos, a little bit of humor and a handful of high words. Pen and paper, monitor and keyboard writer! You can do everything in the following sequence:
- Come up with a decent name - add a Latin ending, title or title.
- Select an incident, a moment, a situation to describe.
- Make a rough story plan.
- Take inspiration for the gills and rush into a prosaic (and, maybe, poetic or dramatic) battle.
Here is an approximate brief example of such verbal art:
“A tough battle was looming, and the young 54-year-old Amazon Nattelia Domuzhetskaya rubbed her hands in anticipation. Towel. It is time to fight with the main enemy - Posudius Nemyty. Fortunately, the girl had allies - Vodeiro Protochny and Mochalkius Shershavy.
But the fight still promised to be unequal. Then Nattelia decided to seek the help of the gods. And they heard. The brave Fairy Glycerin ... took the Amazon side.
Another tip: having a good laugh at yourself in these stories is a good idea. Healthy humor is the key to a cheerful mood.
Turn the bath into another world
The easiest way to do this is to create the right atmosphere. You can type a bath, beat the foam, place scented candles and include relaxing music. A good solution would be to add sea salt. It promotes the production of serotonin and melatonin in the body, which suppress boredom and depression.
If relaxation acts in the opposite direction, making you feel bored even more, you can fool around a bit:
- paint the face with toothpaste in the form of war paint;
- blow soap bubbles or paper boats;
- create patterns on the foam or “build up” a snow-white mohawk, mustache, beard;
- to play alchemist, mixing fluids from different bottles - shampoos, gels, liquid soap, conditioners.
Perhaps most options seem a bit childish. But after all, it is from the kids that one can learn the ability to find something interesting in every subject. In any case, the implementation of these tips really produces the hormones of happiness and effectively solves the question of what to do at home when it is boring.
