Cleaning and sanitizing your home and workspace are thoroughly important for obvious reasons; it eliminates dirt and dust along with germs and bacteria that are lurking. It also ensures that our surroundings stay well ventilated for better indoor air quality.
Beyond the basics, regular cleaning allows us to become more disciplined. Ever hear of someone “cleaning” their home before their cleaning lady comes? The reason is, how can you truly clean all of the surfaces if there’s clutter everywhere? How can a professional cleaner scrub the floors and countertops if they are hiding? There are many reasons why you should keep things organized and we will show you how it helps/ affects your life.
For starters, being organized is necessary for you to stay focused, calm, and maintain function whether at home or in the workplace. Not only does it free the clutter from your mind, but allows you to effectively make important decisions and focus on the task at hand (especially if you work from home).
In this blog, we will share with you the things you can accomplish when you are more organized with your belongings and with your life.
Develop Good Habits And Functional Routines
Everyone has their own habits and routines that they follow. Whether you think so or know, you have your own. But the question lies, are your habits good or bad and is your daily routine truly functional? Most people will not admit when they are wrong or if their habits are “bad”, but we are here to give some insight.
Forming good habits and functional routines lead to long-term success and accomplishments. For example, you can develop a good habit of being clean and organized in your home. And you can do it by starting a routine where you will schedule a time to clean, declutter and organize your belongings on a regular basis.
When you are organized, you can always easily find things that you need because you know where you placed them. This saves on time and eliminates unnecessary stress.
Ability To Plan Ahead Of Time
An organized individual is always able to plan ahead. Despite life having twists and turns, when you can plan and map out your schedule, you will be able to make backup plans to save yourself from disastrous moments.
For example, when you are programmed to clean and organize your home, you are able to save more time for personal use such as resting, relaxing, and/or traveling. Welcoming guests on short notice would not be a problem. This is because your mind is at ease knowing that your own home is always presentable.
Planning ahead of time is not about setting aside the things you can do later on because it only means that you’re prolonging a task, like cleaning instead of dealing with it. Planning ahead of time means you are mapping out a more organized schedule where you can do your tasks accordingly without affecting another task. Sort of like a ripple effect.
Ability To Find Balance
Being organized goes beyond cleaning, it has and can have an effect on your life positively. This is because when you organize everything, you will be able to find a balance between your personal and professional duties. There are instances that our attempt to do everything at once (multi-task) results in not being able to finish what needs to be done, which is not ideal.
Compared to multi-tasking, organizing your workload and chores can make more sense because you will be able to determine the urgency needed for each task. And this can result in you saving more time and energy, and you will be rewarded for having more quality time for yourself later on.
The impact of being able to find balance through being organized and managing your daily tasks and schedule is significant. Your mind is more calm and relaxed in terms of dealing with future workloads, thus you will have the opportunity to chase your dreams and find more purpose in life.
See Your Progress
In conclusion, as you organize yourself and your surroundings, you’re able to deal with each task accordingly in a timely manner. This also gives you the opportunity to see your progress and feel fulfilled with your accomplishments.
By being able to do that, it means that you can plan to further improve and maintain your good habits and routine. Maintaining a clean and organized environment can make you feel that your home is really your safe haven.
About Healthier Spaces Organizing
Founded in 2013, Laura Souders, started helping out people through being an organizing expert. Healthier Spaces Organizing has a goal focused on helping out clients to clean, declutter and organize homes. But, in reality, it can help your overall wellbeing to have a good habit of cleanliness and a more functional routine when organizing. If you need someone to help you in cleaning and organizing your home for a better life, contact us today!