Improve Your Sleep By Decluttering Your Home

Many people don't realize that having a cluttered home, especially in the bedroom, 
causes stress which interrupts sleep. It's easy to clean up your home just to get it back 
in disarray a day or two later. You can come home from work, school, a friend's house, 
a party, or wherever, just to slam your purse, bag, or other items down. You think 
nothing about it because it is just one or a few items at the most. However, the 
accumulation can quickly rise before you know it.  

	 
The Ease at Which Clutter Happens
 
Clutter happens very easily and very quickly, even if you are someone who keeps a tidy 
home. A purse on the counter here, and a stack of mail on a table there, and suddenly it 
can feel a little out of control. You have a busy life and the last thing you want to do 
every night when you get home from work or dinner is to clean your house. This is often 
how it happens, but what you might not realize is how it is affecting your health, 
especially in terms of your sleep.  

 
How it Affects Your Sleep

The big question is how exactly having a decluttered home can actually affect your 
sleep. This can happen for a few different reasons. 

It increases anxiety. People with anxiety disorder know how easy it is for their anxiety 
to increase. This can happen a lot when you have disorganization in your home. It 
makes you anxious seeing messes and just clutter everywhere you look, especially in 
your bedroom when you are meant to relax.

You keep your eye on whatever is in front of you. This is why if you are having 
trouble sleeping, decluttering your bedroom should be the first thing you do. Otherwise, 
when you are relaxing at night, you will be focused on the piles of laundry on the floor, 
the empty water bottles on your desk, and all the clutter on your dresser or nightstand.

It leads to more stress. Similar to anxiety, having a decluttered home when you are 
trying to sleep is something that you cant help but think about. In many cases, this can 
cause stress shortly before bed, where you lie down and just think about how you are 
going to fit in cleaning and organizing with everything else you need to do.
