Do you declutter your home often? If yes, how often do you do it? Many people these days are fond of decluttering their homes. Did you know that cleaning and removing unwanted stuff could actually be therapeutic?
Read on to know the reasons why you should declutter your home.
- Relieve stress
Clutter has been found in scientific investigations to damage our ability to focus and concentrate. In a nutshell, too much clutter has been proven to increase our stress levels, thus less clutter equals less stress. More information on the research can be found in this post, but in general, if you want to reduce your stress levels, getting rid of some of your clutter is an excellent place to start!
- Get more space
This may seem self-evident, but getting rid of unneeded clutter frees up physical space. There’s less random junk taking up room in your cupboards, garage, shed, drawers, tabletops, shelves, work surfaces, and, of course, stacked on the floor and stairs since you’re just keeping what you need, enjoy, and provide value to your life!
- With space, comes peace
Because too much stuff not only clutters your space, but it also becomes visually distracting and clutters the mind, your home will be calmer and more tranquil.
- It increases your productivity and efficiency
Continuing from the previous point, you’ll be more productive and efficient because you won’t be wasting time looking for stuff!
- How is point 4 true?
Things are easier to locate.
When you have less stuff, it’s less likely that you’ll lose something (and thus it’s easier to find items). Because there is less clutter to sort through, you will be able to find items faster even if you’re not the neatest or most organized person. You’ll probably be reorganizing things anyhow as part of the process of decluttering and determining what to retain and what to get rid of, and putting up proper file systems, storage, or locations to keep things so you’ll know where most, if not all, of your belongings, are.
- The main concern for any cleaning happening in the house is that some unexpected guests are coming!
When is the time to declutter your home?
When you step through your front door, how do you feel? Do you have a quiet, serene, and pleasant atmosphere in your home? Is it a constant struggle to maintain your home neat and tidy 24 hours a day, seven days a week? Do you feel like housekeeping eats up your time when you’d rather be doing something else? Are you tired of taking care of your home? Wouldn’t it be nice if it felt more like a shelter and less like a burden?!
That is when it is time to start doing the needful!