Clutter can increase your stress levels
We all know that stress is a natural response to a challenge. Clutter can be challenging and stressful in many ways. It can make it difficult to find things, to relax, to get things done, or even to get to sleep.
You know you’ve been there: You have a deadline for a project at work, but you can’t find your notes because your desk is covered with dust and old newspapers. Finally you find what you need – in the bin!
It happens all the time.
Clutter makes it more difficult for us to focus on those tasks that are important to us. If we’re distracted by clutter we can’t concentrate enough on our projects at work or even enjoy activities at home like watching TV or reading a book because some part of our mind is busy trying to figure out how we’re going to deal with the mess around us before our boss finds out about it (or worse).
Clutter affects your ability to move around your home freely
In the immortal words of comedian Louis C.K., “Everything is amazing and nobody’s happy.” It’s an absurdist perspective that helps put things in perspective, but it also has a ring of truth to it. We live in a world that offers so many incredible luxuries—air conditioning, smart phones, high-speed internet—and yet we’re still unsatisfied. Perhaps this is because our lives are too cluttered by the unimportant things: our overstuffed closets, our junk drawers full of old batteries and tangled cords, our garages overflowing with broken lawnmowers and trash bags filled with packing peanuts from online shopping orders we don’t even remember making. All this stuff—these shiny distractions from living life to its fullest—steals our focus from what really matters and keeps us from being truly happy.
Clutter wastes time
Everyone knows that one of the most maddening experiences is digging through piles of junk looking for something. It’s one thing if you’re trying to find a remote control buried under a pile of cushions, but it can be much worse when you have to search your room for hours to find your keys or your wallet. Everyone loses things from time to time, so having an organized room won’t prevent this completely, but clutter only adds more items that could potentially cause stress and wasted time.
If you’re naturally inclined toward organization, then this probably isn’t an issue for you. However, even the tidiest person in the world has areas in their life where they become less organized than they should be – especially when they’re distracted by something else. If you’ve got a cluttered room, then even if you usually know where everything is, there will still be plenty of times when it takes longer than it should to find what you need. And let’s not forget how much more difficult it can be if other people are living with someone who doesn’t share their standards for cleanliness!
Clutter can affect your sleep
While there are many reasons to keep your room tidy (and we’ll get to those), let’s start with some of the more surprising ones. According to scientific research, clutter can affect your sleep and make you stressed—so if your mum used to complain about all the clothes on the floor, she was actually right.
For one thing, a messy room can be a distraction in itself, which makes it harder to fall asleep. Plus, when you’re supposed to be sleeping but can’t because you’re worried about how much stuff is still sitting around unorganized, that’s a real problem too. And poor sleep affects both mental and physical health; it could lead to issues like weight gain or depression.
If these problems sound familiar or have been affecting your life lately for any reason, here are some ways to address them:
Clutter grows
It’s a slow build, that’s for sure. It can be hard to notice at first. You get one little thing here, another there—it all seems innocent enough at the time. But before long, you start getting things because it feels good to get them. And once you start enjoying that feeling, something weird happens: it starts to grow on you—to repeat itself and even become something of a habit. The result? A whole room full of stuff!
So what’s the takeaway? Do your best not to clutter in the first place! I know that sounds like crazy mum advice, but really, decluttering is way more difficult than people give it credit for (no pun intended).
A tidy bedroom reduces stress and improves physical, emotional, and mental health
Psychiatrists have long observed that the quality of sleep we get has a strong correlation with our moods and physical health. The effect of a messy room is sometimes exaggerated, but the relationship is nevertheless real. It’s completely understandable that you might feel like this place needs to be lived in—it’s just that good habits aren’t formed overnight. Having a tidy bedroom, on the other hand, will help you make your home environment conducive to better sleeping and less stress in general.
To wrap it all up…
It’s really important to keep your room tidy for many reasons. A messy room can be distracting and make it difficult to focus on important tasks. It can also affect your sleep and make you stressed. Clutter can also lead to wasted time as you search for things you need.
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