Tips For Keeping Your Room Clean and Organized

Hello everyone!

Today I am going to be giving you guys some tips on how to consistently keep your room clean. I know we’ve all had those times where we let piles of laundry and clutter stack up in our rooms until we just had to do a deep clean one day, but it doesn’t have to be like that! If you put in a miniscule amount of time everyday, your room can look perfectly clean and spotless. I’m personally kind of a neat freak so as long as I’m not being lazy, my room is generally a very orderly place.

Make your bed everyday – Your bed takes up a lot of space in your room, so its appearance has a large influence in how the room looks as a whole. Try and make your bed as soon as you get out of it in the morning- it doesn’t take too long and your room will look so much better.
When there’s something that needs to be put away, take 5 minutes and put away as much of it as you can (laundry, etc.) – I find that in these 5 minutes you can be very efficient and often will just be motivated to finish the task since you’ve already started. It’s a good rule of thumb to get you off your butt and just DOING that thing you needed to do (this can apply to more than just cleaning!).
Watch Netflix while you clean/organize OR listen to music – Depending on which you prefer, either of these can just relax you so much more throughout the process and make you forget what you’re doing! Lots of tedious tasks like laundry are actually quite mindless, so you can easily pay attention to a Netflix show to pass the time and not mess up. If you’re doing something a bit more involved/difficult, I would suggest music instead.
Have a designated place for everything – This may seem obvious, but what I really mean is: when you have a designated place for things, STICK TO IT! I know sometimes we’re lazy and don’t want to put clothes back in the right drawer, but all it does is cause more headaches for us down the line when you can’t find that one shirt you want to wear. If the current organizational system you have isn’t working for you, change it! It may take a while in the moment, but it will save you time later on.
Assign a certain day of the week for certain tasks so you stay on track. This is also a personal preference, if you like to knock all your weekly cleaning out on Sunday or Monday, go for it! However, if you have a little bit of time each day to do some cleaning, then I would make a little weekly schedule. For example, vacuum your room on Monday, wipe down/dust any surfaces on Tuesday, clean your bathroom sink and counter on Wednesday, and do laundry on Thursday. You could also break down any other household chores in that way- do whatever works for you.

I hope these tips helped you guys out and inspired you to start cleaning! I definitely need to do one last deep-cleaning before school starts; once school is in session, I only really have time to put away my laundry and dust/vacuum once in a while. As always, let me know if you have any tips that you think are missing from this list, or if you have any requests for future content. Back to school is fast approaching and may have already happened for some of you guys, so I’ll be coming out with more content related to that very soon!

-Brooke