Organized environments: positive impact in our family and personal relationships
One of the major pleasures of life is entering to a well cared space since it invites you to immediately relax and feel well, stimulating positive energy within you and reducing visual stress. It is a great ally to clear and move stuck energy in an easily perceptive way, which can boost your mood and get you into a more grateful state.
Organization is one of the most effective tools to avoid over-stimulation and even exhaustion plus supporting your concentration and the harmony in your surroundings. As you can tell, the benefits can be immense and this time we are going to dive deeper on that. Let’s check on how this good practice can positively improve our communication, family time and interpersonal relationships.
Focus booster
It is proved that organizing brings you more wellbeing than not caring about it at all, period. When your spaces are cluttered and messy it is easier to get distracted and can be confusing for our brain while doing other tasks. That means, order in your environments will always support your concentration capacity, yay!
Stress releasing
It is very simple, just the act of decluttering a chaotic room for a few minutes can turn into an active meditation, bringing inner serenity and satisfaction. If you regularly do this, coordinating your days and routines gets faster and more efficient and then you will feel less irritated and probably happier. Also, if your room is normally organized there is a very good chance that you’ll get better rest and sleep.
Communication changes
If you are actively taking care of your spaces which as I already mentioned can help you clear your mind and regulate yourself better, then it won’t be a surprise that your ability to express yourself increase, and your availability for listening and establishing good conversations grows. Please try it!
Physical health
At this point, with all the benefits listed so far it is fair to say with more order you are going to take better decisions about your nutrition and habits. Your worries about duties will shift to what really matters to your health instead of investing your time on looking for lost things and struggling to be more balanced in your spaces. It is proved that the higher the stress the more your cravings will sabotage your eating patterns.
Time saver
Maintenance gets easier if you keep on track with good organizing habits that make you gain time and avoid wasting your energy in looking for your stuff, or having to sort huge messes. Stop believing you can always find everything inside your own disorder, that’s not necessarily truth since in average people can spend up to ONE year finding lost items in their homes.
Now you see what am I talking about?
Much better concentration, less stress and good moods, quality conversations as a result, healthier eating choices and more time with friends and family cannot go wrong. The positive impact on your interpersonal relationships derived from organizing is obvious and I cannot encourage it more than ever before.
To see more benefits, check these out:
Alice Boyes Ph.D.; discusses this topic in the following article
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/201802/6-benefits-uncluttered-space
Colleague Cris Sgrott also highlights the benefits in this post on her website
https://www.organizingmaniacs.com/insights/benefits-of-an-organized-living-space
It does not mean you need to become obsessed with order or you have to discard and give away all your belongings. It is ok to keep what you like and consider relevant, the point here is to keep them organized and opting for more minimalist spaces. I can help you with that.
Your brain, your body and the environment will thank you. Your relationships can get involved while being positively affected, and everything will always look great. I guarantee you will be constantly proud of yourself.