5 ways having an organized closet can improve your life
The smallest things often have a massive impact on our life. Organization is a subtle yet vital part of living your life to the fullest. However, it is something that often gets tossed aside when our busy lives take over. Organizing can help improve your life by allowing you to take charge of your immediate environment and the way you interact with it. One of the best places to start organizing your life is your closet. A closet filled to the rim with two feet of clothes on the floor and a chaotic jungle of clothes on hangers just isn’t the way to a happy, stress free life. Here are 5 ways having an organized closet can improve your life.
Easier mornings:
Nothing makes you regret those extra ten minutes of sleep more than frantically searching for a missing sock for ten minutes. If you’re anything like me, living on the edge of being perfectly on time, and being late is a sort of guilty pleasure. But this can turn into being really, really late if your perfectly timed plan gets derailed by having to search through piles of clothes to find the day’s outfit. By having an organized closet, you will be able to easily find everything you need.
More stylish days:
When your closet is clean, it makes picking out an awesomely coordinated outfit infinitely easier. No longer will you be limited to digging through your closet to find one shirt that doesn’t match anything near you. Even if you don’t pick your outfit the night before, all you will have to do is go through the different sections of your closet where you’ll clearly be able to see the options you have. It’ll make getting dressed as fun as shopping!
Motivation to work out:
Once you get your closet organized, you will be able to decide where you want to put separate sections for every type of clothes. One good idea is to make a section solely for your workout attire. That way, there won’t be the excuse of not working out because you can’t find anything to wear. It’s much easier to work out when you pass by your closet and your running leggings are begging to be used. Anything that boosts motivation is a good thing!
Less stress:
Not only will having a clean closet make your life run smoother, you’ll also experience less stress. A study done by neuroscientists at Princeton University found that when they looked at people’s stress and performance levels in an organized versus disorganized environment, any sort of physical clutter in the surroundings subconsciously competes for attention, ultimately resulting in decreased performance and increased stress.
More Happiness:
As Marie Kondo, author of the Art of Decluttering put it, the question we must ask ourselves is, “does this spark joy?”. Ultimately, having a closet that is cluttered and filled to the very top with a mess of clothes will deduct happiness from your life as well as the ability to live a functional and efficient life from the very start of the day. It may appear to be a small part of your life, but as the wise words say, “if you take care of the small things, the big things will take care of themselves.”