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Lifestyle and Hobby Refresh

Refresh of Lifestyle and Hobbies

By Louise BarracoPublished about a month ago 7 min read

What happens when we want to refresh things in our lives? Where do we start when we want to do this? Do we make a list of the things that we want to do, or do we just start going through things one by one and seeing where that leads us? When I first started going through things it was just to make my closet a little bit cleaner. Then I realized something spilled and that is why i had to do a complete clean-up so I took everything out of the bottom of my closet, cleaned up the mess, got rid of the things that I needed too and the things I didn’t want anymore and that is where it all began. It began in the big area of the closet and just continued throughout the rest of my room. So yes there were a lot of things that I did within the last two months. I started this all before Christmas and, just finished, officially the third week of January. It makes me feel so good knowing that the stuff is cleaned up and organized. It also makes me feel good knowing that I got rid of the stuff I didn’t want by myself without any other influence from people. Sometimes influence from people is good but other times you just need to do it alone because you will actually get rid of it that way.

When you refresh your lifestyle or your hobbies, what is it exactly that you are doing? Are you doing things to calm your mind or just to keep yourself busy or are you trying to change your ways? As it is the second month of the new year, does that still mean you're in refresh mode of your life or even doing new year's resolutions if you do that? For most of us, we do something to make the year memorable starting at the beginning of the year. Maybe those are new year's resolutions I used to do but this year I did something a little different. I did what I like to call a lifestyle and hobby refresh. This is where I look at my entire life, and start cleaning it all up. This started with putting all my clothing back in my closet properly. Then cleaning up the bottom of my closet, getting rid of things scrubbing the floor since I got shampoo all over it, things like that. Then once that was finished, I went through my bookshelf, then I went through my drawers and folded the clothes properly and or got rid of them, if I didn’t want them anymore.

Now when you get rid of the things that you don’t want anymore how does it make you feel when you get rid of it? Does it make you feel good and refreshed? When you do these types of things at the end or the start of the year how does it make you feel? Have you ever thought about it, do you feel as though going through your stuff can be a hobby or even part of a new lifestyle you want to live? I feel as though it can be a little bit of both. The reason why is because you are taking the old out and bringing in the new in a way. This can include going through your old stuff and getting rid of it, or regorganizing something that you have been meaning to do for a long time. I went through everything, from my closet, to my night table to my make-up to my dresser drawers, well I started my dresser drawers at least. I feel great, even if I am doing it little by little. When I do this little by little as I finish a piece of my room like cleaning up a drawer or my bookshelf, and it looks nice and neat again it makes me feel so much better about myself.

As I am cleaning up and re-organizing things, my lifestyle is changing in a way that I am more organized or at least I want to be, which is why I am doing this. I am doing this in the hopes of keeping it nice, neat and organized and when I do I will come back and write a complete other post about it, in a few months time. So be sure to come back and check my lifestyles and hobbies. I can blog for a lifestyle and hobby refresh part 2. Which will come in May sometime. A lifestyle and hobby refresh, includes what exactly? It includes doing the things that you enjoy of course, like reading or going for a walk, or even watching television. If you enjoy going through things and getting rid of things then why not do that,. you can do that by going through things like your emails, if you have an email account or two. I changed everything from my make-up to my face wash, and I even have moisturizer. Now I don’t have videos or pictures of that, but the rest I do.

A lifestyle and hobby refresh essentially means going through and changing everything that you have. Which I essentially did, and I feel really good about it, I feel as though I am a new person in a way. So if you are thinking of doing a refresh of something in your life why not go through something in your house or office that you have been putting off, looking at the stuff and seeing if you really need it, and if not getting rid of it and actually getting rid of it, not just keeping it somewhere else in your house. I even went through my bookshelf which means I went through one of my hobbies. Not that I got rid of a lot or it doesn’t look like it but actually did. Which also made me feel great too.

What happens when you want to refresh your hobbies? Well going through the things that you use, for your hobbies and seeing if either (a) it all works or things are full and you need to get rid of it. Things like that, I went through things like clothes, and got rid of the things that either didn’t fit or were too tattered to wear. The tattered stuff I threw away the stuff that didn’t fit I will give away or sell. I have found that my hobbies are changing, i enjoy going through things and getting rid of them if they are mine that is. So I am hoping that I can put this into my lifestyle and see how doing things like cleaning things out every few months can improve my life.

A lifestyle and hobby refresh is all about you looking at your life, and the hobbies you do and seeing what you can change. When you do this you are bettering your life, without even really thinking about it. The way that this does this, is you are in complete control of the way that you live your life, the hobbies that you do and what you get out of both of them. When you refresh your lifestyle and your hobbies what happens? Do you feel different, do you feel more alive? What does refreshing both of these things do for you? When I refresh both of these things, I feel rejuvenated, and since I have done this much more in the last two months I am feeling so great and so much more rejuvenated that I just want to keep going.

A Lifestyle and hobby refresh doesn’t have to be done at the beginning of the year or even the second month; it can be done whenever anyone wants to do it. It all depends on when you want to refresh your life and what you want to do in terms of hobbies for yourself and the way you want to refresh it. You don’t have to do a complete room clean-up like I did but do something to better your life whatever that might be for you. Just do it and see how it makes you feel. The more you do this the better you are going to feel which means your lifestyle and hobbies will feel awesome for you. So why not try it for yourself and see.

A Lifestyle and hobby refresh is something that is always needed. The reason for this is because our lifestyles and hobbies are always changing with the way that we live our lives as we all know. So that is why every few months it is great to refresh and see what has changed in your life and what has stayed the same. That is what I am going to try and do from now on. I feel that if I do that I will get so much more out of my life and my hobbies too and I will be a lot more organized too, which is a bonus. When you are more organized how do you feel? You feel great or at least I do.

A Lifestyle and hobby refresh, is putting your life and hobbies together, and changing them up. When you do this you will be doing different things so that you get so much more out of it. Go through the things in your house that you have been avoiding but know you have to go through it or something like that. This is what I do to make my lifestyle more productive and give myself a hobby refresh, because I am doing different things and getting rid of what I don’t need or want to make room for other things in my life. This is what a lifestyle and hobby refresh is, don’t you think? What do you think a Lifestyle and hobby refresh is for you?

A Lifestyle and hobby refresh, is mixing up the way you live your life, and the hobbies that you do in it, that could include cleaning out things that you have been putting off, or so many other things. A Lifestyle and hobby refresh is anything that you want it to be, don’t you think?

What is a lifestyle and hobby refresh?

Self-help

About the Creator

Louise Barraco

I am journalist turned blogger trying my hand at a lifestyle and hobby blog and with that I am trying to live off the earnings from this to continue pushing forward to get my fitness course selling on udemy

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