A specific kind of afternoon feels quietly good—where you drift from room to room, doing small things for no particular reason, and end up feeling inexplicably uplifted.
Such is the power of puttering.
The Surprising Benefits of Puttering
Watering plants, tidying a drawer, or simply looking up at the sky sends a special signal to your nervous system.
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Debbie Cohen
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Debbie Cohen is a longtime features writer with a strong background in nonprofit storytelling and human-interest reporting. Her articles have appeared in Lifestyles Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, Kaiser Health News, Pregnancy Magazine, and Benefit Magazine.
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