Top 5 Benefits of Home Organization
You can change your life just by getting your home organized.
Let's take a look at five areas of your life that will improve
if you just organize your home.
1. Improved relationships This one is probably the biggest one.
Think about all of the fights that you have with your spouse or
significant other about your home organization issues. Perhaps
the problem is that mail is tossed on the kitchen table each
day. Maybe it is that you can never find the car keys when it is
time to leave. Consider the arguments with your children about
schoolwork that gets put in the entryway or kitchen counter.
Organizing your home and getting your spouse and kids on board
can have a significant impact in the quality of your
relationships with them. I have found that less yelling and more
quality time with my daughter is the biggest benefit of home
organization for me.
2. Better health Chronic stress over a long period of time can
lead to significant health issues. Some ways that your body
shows stress is: headaches, neck and shoulder tension,
backaches, and upset stomach (source: webmd.com). Take an
inventory. How many of these health issues do you have in your
life on a repeated basis? It could be that they are linked to
the state of disorganization in your home. Think about all of
the home organization challenges that you have right now. Does
just thinking about them have you tensing up? Think about how
much better you will feel just by taking some time to organize
your home.
3. More free time This one goes hand-in-hand with number 5 (more
money). Consider the amount of time that you waste each day
looking for things in your home. That missing sock, those jeans
your daughter loves that you can't seem to find anywhere, not to
mention the car keys that get lost more times than you care to
remember. Have you ever stopped to really take an inventory of
the sheer amount of time that you spend looking for things? Use
home organization to help you get that time back. At that point,
you can do things that you want to do.
4. More space in your home Because part of every home
organization project is getting rid of stuff, having more space
in your home is a natural result. If you're tripping over the
stuff that you have in your home right now because it doesn't
have a place to live in your space, getting your home organized
will "create" space in your home that you never knew even
existed. Just getting rid of the things you don't want or need
anymore can create a wonderful new energy in your home and in
your life.
5. More money If you own your own business, this may be the
biggest benefit of home organization for you. How much do you
make in an hour? For the sake of illustration, let's say that
you make $30 per hour. How much time do you spend in a day
looking for your keys, your checkbook, the shoes to match that
outfit, etc? Again, for the purpose of illustration, let's say
you spend 30 minutes per day. So you not organizing your home is
costing you $15 per day, $105 per week, $420 per month, and
$5,040 per year. Pretty significant, isn't it? So a little home
organization could potentially save you over $5,000 every year.
Author: Jill Borash
Author: Jill Borash
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