Busy lives can keep us from taking care of the most basic cleaning duties in our homes. Because we long for rest and recreation, the last thing we want to worry about is cleaning. However, living in a messy home can contribute to your feelings of stress. From piles of dirty laundry to those unwashed breakfast dishes, and mounting dust on your shelves to dust bunnies on your floors, all that mess is not doing your mind any good.
Here are 10 mental health benefits of a clean home.
1. Stress reducer
Cleaning is a real stress reducer according to many studies. In fact, one study, in particular, found that stress hormones are higher in people living in messy homes. On top of this, women are more impacted by clutter than their male counterparts. That is pretty revealing for many female readers we imagine!
Clean homes reduce stress levels. But there is a catch-22 to clean homes: If you are overtired and have to over-exert yourself to clean your home, you contribute to health problems and feelings of fatigue. The only answer is to hire a cleaning service to clean up the mess and reduce the stress.
2. Clearer mind
When your home is cluttered and dirty, your mind feels cluttered and dirty. The mess makes it difficult to get organized because there are just too many visual distractions. However, if your home is organized, neat, and tidy, your brain feels organized, neat and tidy – or at least, it’s getting there. A clear mind allows you to remain more focused on the things that matter so you aren’t constantly distracted by the elephant in the room – mess.
3. Increased productivity
When you get rid of the distracting power of mess, you can also find you become more productive. This is important with today’s trend to working and studying from home. You can focus on what needs to get done and become more efficient at absorbing information, making decisions, and even less “businessy” stuff like simply watching a movie or working out.
4. Improved self-esteem
A mess can continue to send subliminal messages that you’re a slob, can’t take care of yourself, can’t have a nice home, and more. These negative messages eat away at your self-esteem. When your home is clean, it has the opposite effect acting as a motivator that keeps you feeling better about yourself. Also, once your home is clean, it tends to create an incentive to keep it clean, so you generate a natural, positive cycle of cleaning and feeling good.
5. Stronger relationships
As mentioned in point #1, if men are less affected by clutter, the need to keep things clean can put pressure on a relationship. If you’re living in an Oscar and Felix situation where one of you is neat and the other one is messy, the condition of the home presents a constant source of frustration and conflict.
One person can’t be responsible for keeping things clean, yet if the other person doesn’t seem affected by the mess, they are less likely to pitch in. When your home is always clean, however, it provides a sense of calm. All is well with the world, and therefore with your relationship.
6. Harmonious homes
As with point #5, whether you are living with a partner, a roommate, or kids, when the home is kept clean it reduces feelings of resentment and even anger at the mess makers and those reluctant to pitch in with the cleaning.
This leads to homes that are less than harmonious as tempers rise and you can’t seem to foster a healthy, happy environment. A clean home reduces resentment and creates a happier attitude from all, making a harmonious home.
7. Fewer germs
You don’t have to be a germaphobe to feel the ick factor when faced with a filthy tub, repulsive toilet, or crust on the kitchen counter. These things will send most people’s germ radars into overdrive creating a feeling that your health is at risk. While there are many mental health benefits to clean homes, there are physical health benefits as well.
Clean surfaces reduce the spread of germs and bacteria that make people sick. Whether it is foodborne illnesses or viruses like the flu (or COVID!) a home that is cleaned regularly provides a more sanitary environment that reduces the risk of illness.
8. Reduced cleaning time
Overall, the cleaner your home, the less cleaning it requires. While you might resent the idea of cleaning because it eats into your downtime, consider this: if you clean regularly the job is easier and takes far less time than major deeper cleanings less frequently. Your home is clean, your mind is focused and you stay healthier and happier.
9. Sense of team
If you live with others, regular cleaning shared amongst everyone creates a sense of team. It encourages stronger, healthier relationships and everyone feels calmer and happier. When everyone pitches in, there is a shared sense of responsibility and a commitment to keeping the home looking and feeling its best.
10. Enlisting help frees time
Last but not least, if your home is always messy chances are you just don’t have time to stay on top of things. This is when to call in the big guns and hire a cleaning company. We can provide the deep cleaning services you need to get things started and then keep it that way with regularly scheduled cleaning. You free up your own time to do the things you love while investing in improving your comfort, well-being, and overall productivity whether it’s to focus on work, your favourite hobby, the kids, or the things you love to do.
You can choose the cleaning packages that suit your lifestyle – including our deep cleaning services – so you always feel your mind is at ease and you never need to worry about arguments, messes or clutter-related stress again.
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