Sometimes your decluttered room has a negative impact on your mood and thinking pattern whether you realize it or not. Tidying up your room will definitely make you feel a little better. Our atmosphere has an tremendous effect on our minds, thus keeping a clean room will help you think more clearly. A reason why you might find offices so neat is to improve the productivity of their employees. With less distractions around, you will be able to focus more thus improving your attention span significantly. Also, not only will it improve your productivity but it will elevate your mood too. Studies have shown that mess causes stress and may also affect your sleep. Only dedicating 5-10 minutes daily to tidying up your room can greatly affect your lifestyle.
Tidy room, tidy mind.
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Now that you are aware of the consequences of keeping an untidy room, here are the steps to keep your room tidy:
Step 1. Set up a timer for 5 mins:
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Dedicate a small period of your time to just clean your room. You are free to adjust it to 10-15 mins. The quicker you can clean your room, the less chances there are of you to get bored and give up.
Step 2. Pick up your clothes
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Pick up all the clothes that are lying around your room and throw the dirty ones in a laundry bag / hamper. Now, if you are one of the millions of lazy people, you may not have the patience to fold the clean clothes or hang them on hangers. Then the solution for you is to either just stuff them in your closet or to put them temporarily in a separate basket. This way, you may have to fold you clothes or hang them only once in 4 days instead of doing it everyday.
Step 3. Make your Bed.
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This will take only 40-45 seconds. First, if there is anything on the bed, throw them on the the floor. Next, arrange your pillows in a neat manner. Spread your blanket / bedsheet over the bed, fold up the extra part, and tug from one side to remove creases and folds.
Step 4. Organize your bedside table, dressing table and desk.
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If your bedside table has a drawer or a little cupboard, then put all the unnecessary things lying on it inside. If not, then keep a small shoebox next to it where you can keep that stuff.
For the dressing table, arrange your perfume bottles, creams, and other cosmetics neatly in a line. For women, make sure you have a jewelry box for all your accessories. You can arrange your makeup on the table. But your room will look better if not a lot is kept on the table.
Do the same things with your desk as you did with the bedside table, put the unnecessary things in the drawer. Arrange your books neatly by making a neat pile or put them on a bookshelf. Hide all the wires of your laptop, desktop, etc behind your desk or under the table. If anything is still left on your desk that you cannot put in the drawer, arrange it neatly on the desk itself. And lastly push your chair towards the table.
Step 5. Clean up the dishes.
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If you are kind of person who eats in your bedroom, you most probably have a bunch of dirty bowls and plates and empty bottles lying around. Pick up anything that belongs to the kitchen and put them in the sink. But if you living in a dorm room and don't have a kitchen, throw the paper plates and plastic spoons in the bin.
Step 6. Remove the random mess out of sight.
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Now collect the other things that may be lying around on the floor or hanging off chairs, like your towel, magazines, empty boxes, remotes, tissues, etc. Throw out anything of no use and put the rest away in closets or drawers, out of sight.
Few tips to keep in mind :
- Don't keep some things lying around just because you need it often. It hardly takes a few seconds to open a drawer or closet.
- The more things you keep outside, the more cluttered your room will look.
- Spray some air freshener, or light scented candles.
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