How to turn your home into a comfortable space with these 5 relaxing items
When you come home tired from school or work, you can't relax at home and you won't be able to recover from your fatigue.
To prevent this from happening, you can use various items at home to create a comfortable space.
Here are five items that will help you turn your home into a comfortable space.
1. Watch moving movies, anime, and dramas on DVD
Watching moving movies, dramas, or anime can also be effective in alleviating feelings of loneliness.When you have nothing to do on your days off, don't just stay at home. Head to a video rental store or movie theater and check out the latest inspiring movies and dramas.
You may be able to enjoy the movies you watch in your new life from a different perspective than before.
2. Refresh your mind with aromatherapy
Burning aromatherapy can help you feel refreshed.
Of the five human senses, the sense of smell is said to affect emotions and instinctively appeals to the brain more than any other sense.
Among the aromas, jasmine is especially recommended, with its distinctive floral and exotic scent.
The scent of jasmine is said to have the power to calm high spirits and relieve depression.
3. Get a good night's sleep with indirect lighting and linen sheets
We also recommend incorporating indirect lighting into your bedroom to create a comfortable sleeping environment.
Sleep is essential to relieving daily fatigue. Indirect lighting with gentle light, rather than artificial light like fluorescent lights, helps you fall asleep more easily.
We also recommend paying attention to the sheets. For example, linen sheets are soft to the touch and will help you sleep peacefully.
4. Decorate with plants and refresh with negative ions
Decorating your room with plants is also a great way to create a relaxing atmosphere. Plants emit negative ions.
Negative ions are said to not only calm feelings of irritation, but also have the effect of disinfecting, cleaning, and purifying the air.
The green of houseplants has wavelengths that are gentle on the eyes
Houseplants, especially green ones, are believed to have the effect of relieving eye fatigue.
Modern Japanese people, who spend their lives constantly looking at computers and smartphones, tend to suffer from eye fatigue.
This type of eye strain caused by working with a visual display device (VDT) is known as VDT syndrome.
According to the "Survey on Technological Innovation and Labor" published by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in 2003, 91.6% of people complained of eye fatigue or pain caused by VDT work. [Note 1]
If you leave this kind of eye fatigue untreated, it can lead to stress, so by decorating your room with houseplants to soothe your eyes, you can expect to feel refreshed.
5. Listen to music that brings back memories or that you love
We also recommend listening to music that brings back fond memories or to music by your favorite artists or composers.
Music touches your heart just by listening to it, without you having to think about it or do anything in particular.
When you're feeling tired or stressed about starting a new life, it might be a good idea to just listen to music and daydream without thinking about anything.
"Healing music" and "classical music" are recommended for stress management
There is a frequency that humans find comfortable called "1/f fluctuation." This refers to something that appears constant but actually contains irregular "fluctuations," like the flickering of a lit candle flame or the beating of a heart.
Some healing music also contains this "1/f fluctuation," which has the effect of relieving stress.
In addition to healing music, classical music is also said to have the effect of activating the brain and regulating the autonomic nervous system.
Everyone feels lonely at first! Time will heal the loneliness.
When you start a new life and have to do various things by yourself, such as work and housework, it's inevitable that you'll feel lonely.However, in most cases, time will help ease that loneliness. Try these stress-relieving methods to help you get through it until you get used to your new life.