My Therapists

The other day it dawned on me: Baking and cleaning can both act as stress relievers/therapists at times. Here's why.

Cleaning

• Stuff is dirty, gross and stressing you out
• Cleaning is an active thing, you're moving, tough stains help you scrub away the stress
• Everything looks cleaner and thus more peaceful afterwards

Baking

• Stress = enlarged sweet-tooth
• Baking is something completely different from all other daily activities you have to focus on and will take your mind off of anything
• You end up with treats (best part!)
• And then you also end up with dishes to clean. So really, baking is two therapists in one.

The moral? The people of the world would be less stressed if they baked more. I should do my part and bake more. (Nothing is new.)

This picture is from my favorite blog to stalk joythebaker.