Tidying Tips For A Happy Home
Can’t seem to get your life in order? Household mess can have a psychological impact, weighing down on the atmosphere of your living spaces - but at the end of the day, putting aside all concerns with appearance, a clean home is a functional one. Here are five tips to get you tidying more efficiently.
1. Don’t hoard paper
From receipts to old bills, newspapers to to-do lists, paperwork is something which seems to build up indefinitely! After a glance and a quick read, they often get put aside for a later day which never comes. Getting into the habit of recycling paper immediately after use will change your life.
2. Spring clean your possessions
The less stuff you have, the less stuff can amass in awkward locations around the home. There are many ways to approach culling or decluttering your possessions and some, like the Kondo method, have gained international acclaim.
3. Clean out the junk drawer
We all have one of these - maybe it’s a drawer, maybe it’s a box on the kitchen counter, maybe it’s just a sad corner of a particular room. And sure, sometimes they house highly essential but awkwardly miscellaneous things, like blu tack, sticky tape and rubber bands. However, the key is often in the name - junk. If you’re looking for a quick way to tidy up, head straight for this spot, make it clean and orderly and ensure it’s not spilling outside of its boundaries!
4. Invest in some baskets or boxes
Keep one in each room for gathering scattered items quickly. In the lounge room, it can house tv remotes and magazines; in the bedroom, dirty clothes; in the bathroom, all of those pesky toiletries bottles. Everything's just a throw away.
5. Make it a habit
Work out when you have a spare half hour or hour each week and put aside that time specifically for housekeeping. If you’re not forcing yourself to stick to a particular schedule, it can be easy to keep procrastinating. Tidying is a habit - it is not a single act or a chore that can ever truly be complete. In the best case scenario, you’ll develop a natural rhythm of keeping everything in its place and then can use the designated time to address stragglers or tackle slightly larger projects, like reordering a storage unit.
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