How to create stress-free order
Whatever you decide to do this year, a tidy home should be at the top of your list. Tidiness reduces stress and helps you relax. Grab a few tidying aids, choose your good mood playlist and spruce up your home! Where do you start? Our tips for tidying up with a system will show you.
Tidying up is good for the psyche
Our home is a mirror of our soul - even when it comes to tidying up. Psychology states that a tidy environment calms inner chaos, promotes concentration and lifts the mood. What's more, you often get to know your home anew when tidying up. You discover long-forgotten treasures or get inspiration for fresh furnishings. And there's nothing better than relaxing on the sofa and admiring your work after you've finished.
5 golden rules
To tidy up properly means to tidy up cleverly. It's best to start with the rooms where tidiness is essential. In the home office, it creates a perfect working atmosphere and in the living room, it provides relaxation after a long day. You don't have to become a minimalist when tidying and clearing out or spend hours tidying every room. If you take a systematic approach to tidying up and stick to five golden rules in everyday life, a tidy home is easy.
Set yourself precise goals when tidying up. Appearance is (almost) everything. Empty surfaces, a made bed and neatly draped blankets or cushions on the couch create an instant impression of tidiness. Want to pop into the bedroom or grab something from the kitchen? Check whether you can take something with you straight away to put it in its place.more storage space is often not necessary. If your drawers are overflowing, you should clear them out first before buying a larger chest of drawers. Always do it immediately. If something can be tidied up in a minute, do it straight away. This will save you hours of work at the weekend.
Tidying up the living room
A little chaos is allowed in the living room. Tidying up is therefore not about rigorous tidying, but about the feel-good effect. Furniture plays a major role here: lowboards or chests of drawers with closed fronts create a calm impression - regardless of whether there is a mess behind the doors. If you love open shelving, you can simply store your bits and bobs in pretty storage boxes and baskets with a textile look, and baskets are real all-rounders for a tidy home. Toys, blankets or hobby utensils are perfectly stowed away in baskets next to the couch or armchair - and always ready to hand.you can also create a tidy look through the interior design. A rug in the seating area creates an island of calm and triggers a sense of tidiness: we want to enjoy the fluffy surface to the full and showcase the beautiful look perfectly. So we almost automatically put away things that don't belong there. tidying tip: Do you love books? Sort them by colour! Colour-coded bookshelves look much calmer, especially in small living rooms.
Tidying up your home office
Is your desk disappearing under piles of paper and the search for important documents taking forever? Let's change that. A tidy office makes you more productive and saves you a lot of time. The most important tidying tip? Everything has its place - and is put back there immediately after use: create an organisation system of file folders, roll containers and desk organisers in which everything from pens to important invoices can be stored within easy reach. The following also applies:Start every working day in a tidy office. Tidy up your desk at the end of the day, file documents, put folders back in the filing cabinet, etc. If your home office welcomes you in "factory mode", you are immediately in work mode. Ideas, project outlines, deadlines etc. don't belong on scribbles floating around, but on a whiteboard, a magnetic board or a wall calendar. This way, you always have deadlines in view while your head is free for the next steps. From storage boxes to file folders, every organiser has a label. This means you don't have to remember where you've put things and can find everything at a glance. Thermal label printers are handy, ready to use straight away and don't need any extra ink.Extra tip: Your laptop as a digital desk also needs to be organised. Only applications and documents that you currently need should be on the desktop. Everything else should be well organised and indexed in the memory. You should also regularly clear out your email inbox and cloud.
