"Tidy Up Your Home, Spark Joy Your Life!"

The launching of Chinese Club San Marino's community lecturing series in 2017 is part of our community outreach effort to continue our civic duties of the club's mission and goal.

The objectives of the organization are:

A) To operate as a civic league to promote, provide and support Chinese culture, arts, and educational program.

B) To operate the Chinese School of San Marino for the benefit of students interested in Chinese language, culture, and arts.

C) To promote communication, understanding, respect and appreciation among all ethnic groups in San Marino.

D) To receive, hold and disburse gifts, bequests, devises, and other funds for the purpose.

The Chinese Club San Marino started over 37 years ago and continues to strive and grow. As a past director and co-chair of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2008, it is very rewarding to see the value of our organization move forward in good hands.

I attended the March 9 program "Tidy Up Your Home, Spark Joy In Your Life!" with speaker was Sunny Juan, a professional organizer because it had a very appealing title. If you have anxiety issues with organization; or are simply too busy, confused, tired, or stressed to deal with clutter, sometimes it's worth it to spend the money and have a professional help you set up a system in order to avoid being stressed out.

There's more to being a professional organizer than just making three bins marked "keep", "trash" and "donate". They are trained, skilled specialists who help people create "order" where it is lacking in their lives. Getting help from an organizer is no different than getting help with any other thing you may not be able to do your own. In short, there are times when simply your efforts are not the most effective in which you need an objective, experienced opinion to help you move forward.

Of course not everyone needs the help of a professional organizer. If organization comes naturally to you, please take the time and energy to handle your own and keep up the good habit. It's worth pointing out that "getting organized" isn't supposed to make your home look like a design catalog. Your home should not only be a place you feel most comfortable but also a space that gives you room to work and get messy too. The key is that when it's time to clean up, you'll be able to do it quickly. Hence, you have a system in place to make it swift because you'll have the comfort of knowing exactly where everything belongs.

Learning and practicing organization...letting go...it's a behavioral discipline that'll reflect and give you the motivation to organize other aspects of your life, beyond the home you live in. It's the path to help us change our attitudes, learn new habits, and find our own joyful living navigator that'll lead to spark the joy in our lives. Here are some practical guide that help you get started.

Practice Happiness : 7 habits of joyful living
Habit 1: Understand Differences- Resolve Conflicts
In relationship, conflicts are not avoidable. Effective conflict resolution can promote intimacy in relationships.
Habit 2: Unconditional Acceptance
Unconditional acceptance of each other’s differences and weaknesses is helpful in maintaining healthy, long-term relationship. However, tolerance of any misbehavior can be harmful to the individuals and their relationships.
Habit 3: Provide Time and Space

Pressure comes from insufficient time or space. Provide each other with enough time and space can help release tension and build a harmonious relationship.

Habit 4: Respect- Appreciate- No Whining Zone
Learn to appreciate each other’s strengths. Practice expressing gratitude towards
each other’s kindness and support.
Habit 5: Adopt New Perspectives
In order to maintain a healthy long-term relationship, it is necessary to adjust our roles accordingly to different phases of life. It is also important for those in a relationship to “grow together”.

Habit 6: Give Up Pride for Empathy

Home is a house of love, not a court of justice. It is not worth it if you win
your argument, but lose your relationship.

Habit 7: Maintain Balance.
Balance is the best! In order to live a happy healthy life, we want to practice making adjustments constantly to maintain balance physically, mentally, and spiritually.

#joyfullivinghappylife