Once you start living by this saying, you’ll never go back. And it’s so true – a tidy house does equal a tidy mind
There’s a saying that goes “Cleanliness is next to godliness,” but how many of you have actually given considerable thought to how your living area affects your thinking?
According to research, there is something called environmental overload that happens whenever there is a cluttered environment.
It results in discomfort and anxiety, and surely you’ve all felt it when your home is due a clean but you don’t have time to do the deep clean it needs.
Read on for just how much a tidy house creates a tidy mind.
Task by Task
Don’t get swept up with it. There’s nothing worse than starting a big clean and realising half way through that you don’t have the energy to commit to that level of cleaning anymore.
We’d recommend taking it task by task. Pick a room and go to town on it. As one example, we’re going to focus on the bedroom.
Move the bed and hoover under it, reorganise your drawers and throw out any old clothes, polish everything, from your cupboards to your lighting fixtures.
And don’t forget the cherry on top of the cake and light a candle at the end of it. A Sunday bedroom clean with a candle at the end of it is heavenly!
Getting rid of unwanted belongings creates physical space, which, in turn, provides mental space for you.
Each pass over one section reduces taste aversion, increasing the mood, and preparing it for the next area.
Make Clean Aesthetic Changes
You can clean all you want – but if you don’t feel like you have that clean aesthetic, then it will only get you so far.
As far as psychological clutter goes, social disorganisation isn’t the only issue—even the space you live in can be cluttered.
Removal of cluttered decor and bringing minimal designs might be soothing to the interior of the home, which positively contributes to one’s mood.
And it can be the simple changes that you won’t think will make an impact: modern internal doors, a new lampshade, new curtains, etc.
Schedule Your Time
Going back to keeping the house neat, one of the best tools is a cleaning schedule. Your everyday activities don’t have to involve hours of wiping and cleaning floors.
Small tasks performed fairly regularly can help in avoiding the accumulation of unnecessary mess.
For example, one way to do this is to reserve 15 minutes of your time immediately after waking up from sleep to clean up your room. We know that’s a big ask on a Monday morning, but it sets you up for the day!
Set aside 15 minutes or so each day for one room and it’ll make so much of a difference. A failure to plan is a plan to fail!
So, do you think your home could be the reason for your cluttered mind?
We know that a hectic schedule can make it feel impossible to get the work done, but prioritising a quick spruce of your home can make the difference to the rest of your day!