How Clutter Affects Your Mental Health

Jan 24

We don’t hide our crazy we put it on the front porch and give it a cocktail.

Although southerners love this expression sometimes hiding your crazy is a necessary thing, keeping your spaces clutter free is emotionally helpful to you and your family.

Psychology Today reports:

Clutter bombards our minds with excessive stimuli, distracts us, makes it more difficult to relax, makes us anxious, signals to our brains that our work is never done, creates feelings of guilt, inhibits productivity, and frustrates us.

Your home is your sanctuary or at least it should be. It’s your safe haven from the chaos you face every time you go out into the world. If you return from a chaotic world to just another home version of cluttered chaos, over time this stress will have impact on your health and psyche. Clearing the surfaces of clutter by getting rid of it or containing it will help you find the peace you are longing for at home.

Having a home for your things so there is not clutter on all the surfaces is the key to winning your day.

However; with Pinterest, Instagram and the plethora of coffee table quality books featuring beautifully organized spaces there is no wonder getting organized puts fear into people’s faces. Behind those closet doors lies the reality that we are busy and far from perfect. It makes our fears become reality. All those pictures of matching containers in the perfectly organized closet paralyzes us.

It’s important to remember, just the act of being organized creates a beautiful, serene space.

Matching containers and beautiful labels are not necessary for a well-organized space. This is something you can work towards, changing out your containers a little at a time yet all the while living an organized life. In fact, all of your items do not necessarily even need to be contained. Containers are great for many things but at times can be an added frustration.

The goal is to finding solutions that work for you and your family. These solutions come from knowing what questions to ask yourself; starting with "Is this item helpful or hurtful to my goal?" Our organizers are experts at getting to the crux of your problems and developing solutions to help you win your day by streamlining your processes. Let us help you clear the clutter and so that you can recharge in your peaceful home. While we can park our crazy on the front porch and give it a cocktail, some days we just need to relax with the cocktail and contain the crazy.

On Thursday January 30th at noon, I will be joining Designer Arianne Bellizaire, on her Facebook live show. We will address the benefits and values of having an organized space and how you can achieve that goal.

Interested in learning more? Join the conversation on www.facebook.com/chaosorganizing or www.instagram.com/chaosorganizing.

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