Cleaning and Organizing Your Room
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First, let’s see who
might get better results with this activity:
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The
obsessively tidy and clean
You belong to this category if you almost
always see cleaning to be done, even if other people think everything looks
immaculate. Worry not. This means this fitness activity is regular (&
natural) for you.
Remember how fit Courteney Cox’s Friendscharacter Monica was? I am betting that any one close to her obsession with
organization and cleanliness, wouldn’t really have the time or the opportunity
to gain weight.
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The
unorganized and/or shopaholics
Well, I confess. I am by nature an
unorganized person. I am also a shopaholic so I am constantly adding new
clothes to my already stuffed wardrobe.
And maybe I could find a way to keep the room in order to some
level, but I am also a writer, an avid reader and movie-watcher. So add the
novels, writing projects, writing stuff and files and the DVDs, and I am in big
trouble.
My organizational efforts burn more calories
than a session at the gym or hours spent on the dancing floor.
After all, cleaning works pretty much every
muscle. You have to pick things up, pull things down, re-arrange furniture &clothes,
clean after your mess....
My last organizing activity? Yesterday. The
result? Burnt calories, and officially establishing the need for new wardrobes,
a bigger room and a bigger house.
How to Make Organizing More Fun
If you are anything like Monica, cleaning
provides its own rush and happiness. But for the rest, and especially the
intrinsically messy ones like me, there are ways to make the whole thing fun:
Turn
on a TV-Show/Movie That Doesn’t Require Much Attention
It can be the re-runs of things you already
watched and loved make for great help. You get to laugh and get things done at
the same time.
Music
and Dancing
Yep, it is always great to turn on great,
fast tracks while you finish the task. And if you squeeze in the lovely
activity dancing, time might fly without you swearing off shopping for new
stuff.
Confession:
I did swear off shopping but I am guessing it’ll last only for a short
time. I am just being honest here. After all, shopping is a much more fun way to keep fit, remember? J
Do you have suggestions to keep cleaning
more fun?
