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 ...
Great tag line.
Thanks for the ping.
Do what I did.
Just buy her a vacuum and some mop-n-glow, a bucket and some latex gloves for her birthday.
Why am I not surprised?
Good.
Send one of them to clean my house out of sheer joy.
This is total nonsense.
People may enjoy and want to have a perfectly clean house, but nobody enjoys actually cleaning it.
No, if she cleans the house, I'll be happy, too. Promise!
Not me, I enjoy being out on the sailboat.
What, like with a cloth, or something?
The lower and over the air digital channels might have the oldies. Look up your local listing or provider.
My hubby got me a Shark Duo cordless vacuum for Christmas. I love it!
For the first time in my life I am proud to vacuum my house!
Ditto that, man.
Or the type of personality that enjoys cleaning is the type whose bar for happiness is set pretty low to begin with. Probably happier people generally than most. Sure wish I was that way...
When I lived alone, I was neat. In a household full of relatives, it looks like hoarders live here! I need a plan....
Hysterical. I hope you don’t have a high deductible.
Professional housekeepers should be ecstatic.
It’d be pointless, the printout will sit with the rest of the useless paper.
This is my problem. I’m no Felix Unger, but I like a tidy home. The family brings too much crap in the house, and there is no room to neatly store it!
Wait....what....
Having a very clean house makes me happy. I spend at least 20 minutes a day doing some kind of cleaning, so does Mr RooRoo. But we also have a housecleaning service come every other week to do the heavy cleaning. We also have a landscaping service come weekly. I like having a nice neat yard, but I can’t stand doing yard work.
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