Organizational Tips

Organizational Tips

Did you know stuffed closets are bad for your health? It is hard to breathe or make the air circulate due to the clutter. According to research, four psychological effects of clutter are:

Homework

Start now to declutter your closet. Corresponding to these psychological effects, each time you look around and feel anxious that the mess is getting out of control, your body releases cortisol, one of the classic stress hormones. The clutter could also be contributing to conditions like asthma

• Stress and increased cortisol levels can become long-term.
• Feelings of shame or inadequacy that can lead to depression.
• Distraction from focus, kills our productivity.
• Negative behavioral affects ourselves and our children.

Charity Tip

Many clients ask what you do with old prescription eyeglasses. Millions living in low and middle-income countries lack access to basic eye care services. Lions Clubs have recognized the urgent need for corrective lenses and collect usable glasses in their communities to support the Lions Recycle for Sight Program.

Homework

Send your collected eyeglasses to an official Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center (LERC) for processing. There, the glasses are sorted to determine those that are usable or unusable, processed, and placed in inventory for distribution to optical missions around the world. Lions help to minimize landfill waste by 70% by supporting precious metal reclamation and scrap processing for damaged glasses that are unusable.