According toVerywell Mind,living in a cluttered home can cause added stress and even increased cortisol levels.
It can also result in you functioning less than optimally.
Clutter causes your brain to become overwhelmed and leaves you feeling scattered and decreases your working memory.
It’s also a fire hazard, dust collector, and a recipe for pests.
you might create piles of four distinct categories: what to keep, toss, donate or sell.
There is simply no point in housing multiple items that are unnecessary and unusable.
A good place to start is shared living spaces where the family gathers.
It’s a great idea to add small storage opportunities for daily clean-up in these areas.
“This makes organizing the space at the end of the day easy to do.”
In all rooms, identify places from top to bottom where you could create storage.
“Look high and low to maximize space,” says Martha Stewart (viaMilwaukee Journal Sentinel).
“Mount a ledge over a door … put under-furniture spaces to work,” Stewart adds.
Keeping the photos around will be a good visual reminder of how good your home can actually look.
Now, clean and tidy, the goal is to keep it that way.
