People with messy desks, offices, and bedrooms will often repeat a form of this quote to justify the reason that they cannot seem to put their dirty clothes in the basket or sort through of miscellaneous items strewn across every available surface in their house. If you’re reading this article, then you have already identified that your messy and cluttered bedroom is a problem. Maybe it’s causing anxiety or you feel like your environment is out of control.
THROW AWAY ANY TRASH
First things first, throw away the food wrappers, empty snack packages, junk mail, and unnecessary shopping bags to make the room look better with very little effort. You might want to use a timer and see how much trash you can find in just a few short minutes. The quick success will give you motivation to keep working. Get everything off the floor. For most people, this means picking up clothing and either placing them in the hamper or putting them away. Whatever you do, do not just pick them up and put them on a chair or your bed. Properly put all of your clothes and shoes away.
MOVING AROUND THE ROOM, CLEAN SMALL SECTIONS AT A TIME
Pick one area of the room to start with and work on a very small section until its completely clean and clutter-free so you can easily recognize your progress. Work your way around the room from there so you can always see how far you’ve come and what is left to do. This way, if you have to leave the task to be finished another day, you’ll know exactly where to pick back up. Depending on how messy you are, there could be other items like books, papers, trinkets or miscellaneous items. If you don’t know where you want to put all of these items just yet, place everything in a box (or boxes) to be sorted later in the process.
Avoiding the mess does not make it go away. But following these simple steps for cleaning up a messy room will help you tackle the day-to-day messiness or even an overwhelming disaster zone. Just keep at it a little bit every day and watch your progress add up!