We are all taught as children the basics of good hygiene, like washing our hands before eating and after visiting the bathroom, and as we get older, we learn about other hygiene essentials like keeping food safe for consumption and keeping away from germs and viruses. When you move into your own home, you have to find your own ways of keeping everything clean and neat. That can sometimes prove to be a challenge, what with busy working lives, families, and other commitments, plus the tiredness that comes with a stressful workload.
A healthy home is tidy as well as clean
Your home should be your happy place, where you feel safe and secure even when things are tough outside. If you’re coming home to mountains of dirty dishes, mounds of laundry and piles of unsorted mail, you’re not going to be feeling very cheery at the sight of all these jobs that need doing. This can lead to feeling overwhelmed and unhappy, and rather than your home being a place to relax and enjoy yourself, it becomes a source of dread. You then become locked in a cycle of feeling too tired to sort things out and then feeling even more depressed because you can’t get on top of things.
Tackling the problem
Unless you live alone, you should be able to rely on the other members of your family to do their bit to help, and if they aren’t pulling their weight, they need to be reminded of their responsibilities. One way of dealing with your backlog is to allocate an hour a night to one job that needs doing, working your way slowly but methodically through the tasks. This is better than trying to get a specific job done because you could run out of time, or push yourself too hard and end up feeling as though you’ve failed. Taking some time off work to catch up and clear out can be a cathartic experience, and if you are able to get stuck in you can feel the weight of the burden lifting as you clear up. It may not sound like an enjoyable way to spend your leisure time, but you will be improving the quality of your life and your happiness, so it’s worth considering. If the task is too large to tackle, or you are experiencing health problems that prevent you from completing the work yourself, you could draft in a professional cleaning company for a hoarding cleanup.
There are very few people who haven’t found themselves struggling to find the time and energy to keep their house as up together as they would like, and it can be a constant battle when you feel weary. The more the mess builds up, the harder it seems to tackle, and you can end up chasing your tail just to keep things ticking over. What you might not have realized is that living in an untidy home could be contributing to your stress and accompanying lack of energy. Finding a way to create order from the chaos is an important part of returning your home to the happy place it needs to be.
