David Alan Grier Quotes

Literal cleanliness and orderliness can release us from abstract cognitive and affective distress - just consider how, during moments where life seems to be spiraling out of control, it can be calming to organize your clothes, clean the living room, get the car washed.

How do I cope with stress? I clean and organize.

I also find doing the mundane, everyday things in life has a calming, creative influence on me. Some of my best ideas come when I'm vacuuming or waiting in lines.

I feel better if I exercise and eat healthily.

I won't say that writing is therapy, but for me, the act of writing is therapy. The ability to be productive is good for my mental health. It's always better for me to be writing than vegetating on some couch.

I am depressed sometimes, but it's not what keeps me at home or focused on work.

My mum taught me to knit when I was a child, and I turn to it, for some weird reason, when I'm feeling depressed.

I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.

No one is depressed when they're asleep, which is why being in bed is such a safe place if you're really down.

Quit worrying about your health. It will go away.

I use the music to vent, and a lot of the stuff that I am writing about or was writing about contained a lot of anger and anxiety, stress and depression, so that's how the album came out so dark.

I cry a lot. I find great solace in it.

That's the mindset I'm in, is do what I can do, do what I can control, and stay productive. I feel like it can get depressing really fast, being home and not having anything to do. I think being productive is important.

I function properly, feel better, do better, look better, and treat others better when there's less clutter.

Coming home to a tidy, pulled-together space will help everything in your life feel the same way.

In the past, I've been a workaholic. I'm trying not to be anymore.

And if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made—that you made—and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.

There are days when I'm completely depressed and able to do only one drawing.

Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry.

More and more of us feel like emergency-room physicians, permanently on call, required to heal ourselves but unable to find the prescription for all the clutter on our desk.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

When people are entering a high-stress period, they don't sleep and don't exercise, but in fact, it should be just the opposite.

When you feel bad, find a person to talk to and cry with, to tell of your anger and other helpless feelings.

No matter how late it is, when I get home, I take the time to clean and moisturize my face.

Cleaning is my favorite way to relax. I clear things out and get rid of the stuff I don't need. When the food pantry and the refrigerator are organized, I feel less stressed.