How to Clean Your Emotional House - Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived

We are full of emotional bedrooms and dust and waste. Once in a while, we need to take some time to clean the dark corners of our soul from the growing dust particles.

Cleaning up an emotional house is different for everybody. For some, elements of movement and personal freedom brings them to a special place.

Changing the workout in our headspace to simple movement can help us find solitude.

Going on long walks or leisurely pedalling your bike to spots where you can enjoy the view can bring comfort to your soul.

• Listening. Cleaning our emotional house means listening to the world breathe - listen to the birdsong, water melting of roofs, conversations outside on the sidewalk.
• Finding colour. Get out there, find the colour in the sky and describe the world on canvas (even if your art seems terrible).

• Slow down. From the minute we wake up, we are often in a hurry. Take a mental break to slow yourself down, for example, walking slower or getting your lunch ready slowly.
• Keep your rituals. Writing, Painting. Trivia on Tuesdays with your friends. Rituals are small promises that we're doing things to keep our emotional house clean with joy.