24 Ways to Create a More Peaceful Home

Yesterday I prepared a nice blog full of New Year messages.

Then this morning this reel/meme came up in Facebook Memories and my and my friends’ reactions to it made me smile.

So here it is

31 December 2024 at 08.38

"Play gentle background music" FFS! This person has obviously never tried living with an autistic person and has little consideration for the hard of hearing, for whom background music is a real inconvenience. Play music and listen to it, it took skill and dedication to create; don't use it as chewing gum for the ears.

There's also far too much about cleaning and decluttering; however then you're meant to add plants, artwork, photos and meaningful personal items and "Set up a cozy reading nook".

Personally I'd rather go with Max Erhmann's Desiderata

"Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence."

https://www.desiderata.com/desiderata.html

Not in the best of fettles this morning, as you may have noticed...

Dulcima  How big a house are we talking about here? My cosy reading nook is my sitting room.

Bentonbag  Quite; chair in bay window with pouffe, chaiselongue with reading light, or bed (if poorly)

Miss Doozer  Here's my guess.  The post was created by AI.  The music was created by AI, as was the artwork and 'meaningful personal items'.  The AI has an AI to clean and declutter, and AI kids that fold up and slot into their chargers when not in use, along with the air purifying plants.  The AI's job is reading and meditation, then creating meaningless posts like these.

Meanwhile, normal humans obey the second law of thermodynamics (chaos always increases) and we trip over stuff, pets and one another, a lot.

Bess Cavalier  The only one I agree with is investing in comfortable furniture, which seems to contradict the art gallery vibe of all the other suggestions!

Bentonbag  Which begs the question "who the heck invests in uncomfortable furniture?"

Bess Cavalier  People who are more concerned about style and image than making a welcoming home.

Squireen  I aspire to clear work surfaces.  Couldn’t cope with the aromic smells

Bentonbag  I have similar aspirations but that's as far as they get.  I need the aromic smells to cover the ones from places we don't like to think about.

Meanwhile I'm leaving the Old Year with the Irish Prayer, although having got down on my knees I shall need a hand getting up again.

 

A happy, healthy and peaceful New Year to us all.