Better sleeps, better days
You might not realize it, but a cluttered bedroom negatively effects your sleep.
If there’s too much going around you, your brain becomes over stimulated and you’ll have a harder time falling asleep. Scientists at Princeton University used MRI’s to study the brain’s responses to these kinds of stimuli. In organized spaces, the brain processed information much easier.
When you’re better rested, you’ll be better able to tackle the day ahead.
Eating for wellness
Turns out staying organized subconsciously encourages you to make better eating choices. Similar to what we described above, stress brought on by things like clutter can push you to unhealthy coping methods.
Try cleaning up instead. It's been shown that people who work in a tidy space for even 10 minutes are already twice as likely to choose a healthier snack.
Deep breath in and out
Eating habits aside, organization can help lower the risk of greater health issues like anxiety or heart attacks. Studies have shown that people who live in messy spaces are more stressed because they have higher cortisol levels, which is the body’s stress hormone.
Channeling your active energy into something positive like cleaning or scheduling your day can help you be healthier in the long-term.
Beating those targets
Organized people are more efficient workers because they’re less distracted. It all goes back to the idea of how the brain processes stimuli. Just like trying to sleep in a cluttered room, seeing a mess around your desk makes you tune into too many things at once.
Getting things cleared will help you better zone in on powering through the day’s tasks.
Getting in some more me-time
Between all the emails, appointments and calls it’s easy to miss out on precious me-time. However, that me-time has actually been positively correlated to health and well-being according to studies.
Using a calendar or to-do list to organize your time will give you more insight on how you’re spending your time so that you can get back to doing the things you love most and focusing on your own personal growth.
Overall, both organization and cleanliness are very clearly linked to helping you get through your days happier and healthier so that you can focus on soaring ahead.
