Even if you’re not particularly aware that your home is cluttered – or are aware and simply don’t care – it will inevitably be having an effect on your state of mind, and could mean that you’re living in an unclean home, too.
Not only can clutter make a space look unattractive and unkempt, but it makes keeping the rooms clean, even harder. With so many more surfaces for dust and other dirt to settle on, to get your home properly and healthily clean, you’ll need not just to dust the items of clutter, but the spaces in between them, and this can add minutes, or even hours onto your cleaning schedule.
Add that to the fact that a disorganized home has been proven to have a negative impact on our state of mind, and before you know it, you’re an unhappy person living in a dirty home – not where most of us would want to be.
If your home is cluttered and it’s making you miserable (or soon will if you don’t tackle it), check out these reasons why decluttering could make you happier, and your home cleaner:
Decluttering reduces stress
A variety of mental health concerns, such as depression and anxiety, can be linked to cluttered homes. Having a lot of clutter surrounding you can prevent you from being able to relax, and induce stress while aggravating other mental health conditions you may suffer from. Fortunately, by decluttering and keeping the spaces in your home cleaner and clearer, you can feel less stressed and more inclined to unwind and relax. And when you’re relaxed and not stressed-out, there’s nothing you can’t achieve!
Decluttering improves productivity
The environment you’re living in can be conducive to your levels of productivity, and a cluttered, unloved home can promote a sense of being burdened or weighted down, and even encourage procrastination. By decluttering and organizing the spaces in your home more effectively, you can feel more inclined to get on with things that need to be done, such as cleaning!
Decluttering can help you sleep better
People who hoard items have been shown through studies to be predisposed to suffering from sleep disorders, as crowded, messy spaces stress them out and don’t allow their brains to ‘shut down’ in the way needed for quality sleep. By decluttering your bedroom, you should find it easier to relax at the end of the day and get a more restful night’s sleep.
Decluttering makes your home safer
If clutter is a real issue for you, it may be that one day, you trip over items stacked up or left lying around and seriously hurt yourself, or in some instances, clutter can even become a fire hazard.
Decluttering simplifies cleaning
By organizing the rooms and spaces in your home and putting items you want to keep in appropriate places, you can literally halve the time it takes for you to keep it clean – and that has to be worth decluttering for!
Once you’ve decluttered your home, why not call up a local cleaning service and ask them to come in and give the place a deep clean, for the ultimate satisfaction and peace of mind!
