I used to think that the word home making meant somebody who took care of their house as

a full-time career.

So, stayed home moms or someone who didn't work outside of the home and their only job

was to cook and clean and like organize all day.

This is so far from the truth, I've really learned that we are all home makers, no matter

our situation, even if we work full-time outside of the house, even if we don't own our own

home, even if we are still living in our parent's house, we all are home makers and we need

to find this art again.

It is a lost art and it is so crucial to our happiness and that's what we're going

to talk about today.

We're going to talk about how we can be happier and find joy in the art of home making.

Hey, Clutterbugs, welcome back to the Clutterbugs podcast.

I want to talk about home making today.

I know I've talked about this in the past but there is so much research and so many studies

that just reinforce the connection between loving our homes and happiness and there was

a huge, huge study done in 80 years study that talk about basically the overall defining

things that make us happiest in life and it isn't what I thought it would be when this

study finally came out.

There was two top things and of course the first was relationships so good relationships

has the most impact on our overall happiness but the second, the second thing that really

affect happiness, that's the part that I found so fascinating.

I mean as somebody who talks about cleaning and organizing and taking care of a home for

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