When you think about home organization, you may picture perfectly lined shelves, beautifully labeled bins and a color coordinated closet. We can all agree an organized space is pretty, and there’s certainly nothing wrong with pretty. While the thought of a Pinterest worthy pantry can be exciting, the real benefits of an organized home goes far beyond the look of your space. This is an important consideration as you spend time thinking about the goals for your home and life. When you create realistic systems that function for you and your family, your home then supports your mental health, your energy and your daily life. You will see the results of an organized space, but you will feel it too!
Clear the Clutter
Clutter in a home is stifling and mentally heavy. It competes for your attention as you attempt to go about your day and complete your daily tasks. Piles of paper, counters full of stuff and drawers that are overstuffed with who knows what creates interruptions to your routine. Something as simple as making dinner can feel overwhelming if your pantry is a mess. Getting dressed in the morning feels stressful if your closet is overflowing. Even if you aren’t actively working on or in the cluttered space, your are mentally tuned into the mess that surrounds you.
When you declutter and create organized systems in these spaces, you reduce the “visual noise” of the clutter. We aren’t saying letting go is easy, but it is necessary to allow you to fully focus on the task at hand or fully relax and be in the moment with your family.
Free Your Mental Energy
Have you heard of decision fatigue? When you are constantly searching for something, moving stuff around or trying to decide where to put something, you’re brain is burning so much mental energy. All of those tiny, little thoughts and decisions add up and wear you down. It can feel like those simple tasks require so much more energy than needed.
When you organize and everything has a logical home, you create seamless function that simply works. You spend less time searching for items and greatly reduce the amount of little decisions you have to make. You free up your time and energy.
Systems That Match You
Is “being more productive” something you feel you need and want in your home life? Do you feel like you aren’t doing enough? Here’s the thing. Productivity isn’t about doing more. It’s really about doing the things you want and need to do with less friction, less stuff in your way. Decluttering and creating organized systems in your home can help you get there. But they have to work for your home and your family. Home organization is very personal. What works in one person’s house may work for you at all.
Create systems that store your everyday items where they are actually used to create function that works for your family. Align your systems with your reality so they naturally support your life and can actually be consistently followed through and easy to maintain.
Support, Not Perfection
Life is messy. Having a home that is perfectly organized and always tidy is likely not a realistic goal. But having a home that works for you and your life is a very realistic goal. It provides support for your time, energy and mental load. If your home feels hard to manage, it’s not you. It’s most likely a systems issue that can be improved.
The key is starting small and working your way through your home slowly and with intention. Small changes will have a huge impact on how you feel in your spaces. Focus on creating maintainable systems that make your everyday tasks run smoother and easier.
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