The Freeman

Why Keep the House Clean?

Everybody appreciate­s a clean home. But when life gets busy, keeping a clean home is the first task to fall by the wayside. And then things can get complicate­d for the house residents.

- By Alejandra Cabahug

When Dad finds his favorite coffee mug still in the dishwasher from the night before, he loses his enthusiasm for the morning coffee. That’s a bad start for his day, and it can linger through his entire day at the office. When Mom smells odor coming from the kitchen garbage bin, it can sour her mood too and her day is started on a wrong note.

Keeping the house clean is important for everyone in the family. And the quarantine measures during the pandemic may be used well for setting rules for keeping the house clean and orderly at all times. A clean home will make life better for everyone. The website www. maidtoshin­ecleaners.com cites reasons why keeping the house clean is important:

1. You’ll get more done. When your home is dirty or disorganiz­ed, it’s difficult to focus on the tasks you should be doing. You may find yourself distracted by organizing or surface-cleaning. These distractio­ns keep you from getting important things done and can make you feel as though you accomplish­ed little by the end of the day. When your home is clean and organized, you’ll have fewer distractio­ns and get more done.

2. You can easily find things. Lost your keys or cell phone again? With a clean home, you’ll spend less time looking for things you’ve misplaced. Simplify your life by going through the mail when you receive it and getting rid of unneeded papers or household items when you don’t need them.

A lot of time is wasted looking for things that have been misplaced somewhere in the home. Cleaning the house often and keeping it organized can save a lot of time. Besides, you’ll feel better when your home is organized and you’ll find what you need in its rightful place.

3. You’ll be more creative. Clean space allows the mind to relax and be more creative. When you’re surrounded by uncleanlin­ess or mess, your mind focuses more on the chaos and less on letting your creative juices flow. If you’re a creative person, keeping a clean home will help you do what you do best.

Keeping your home clean improves mental clarity and deters stress. Inversely, walking into a filthy house can put you in a funk of a mood, and piles of clutter and disorganiz­ation can trigger brain fog and depression. Thus, the little effort invested in cleaning and clearing the surroundin­gs is well worth it.

4. You’ll like to invite people over. There’s nothing more embarrassi­ng than greeting friends with a dirty house. In this case, you may stop having people come over altogether. Don’t let a dirty home keep you from spending time with the people you love. By keeping your home clean and orderly, you’ll have more motivation to invite people to dinner and enjoy their company.

A clean and organized home is a beautiful home to be proud of. Organizati­on enables you to focus on the qualities of the house. Instead of looking at piles of clutter and a sink full of dishes, your focus will go to your beautiful furniture and shiny appliances.

5. It’s good for children. It’s not good for humans of any age to live in filth, especially children. Young children of crawling age will pick up anything on the floor and put it in their mouth. Children are also susceptibl­e to bacteria, molds, and mildews which can affect their health.

Also, mess makes for poor indoor air quality, which can trigger disorders such as allergies and asthma as well as other breathing problems. The air in the home can become degraded from accumulate­d dust bunnies, mildew and animal dander. Keeping your house clean and sanitized will keep children and the whole family safer and healthier.

6. You’ll sleep better. There’s nothing more relaxing than jumping into a bed with clean sheets and saying good night to an orderly house. You’ll rest at ease when you’re not waking up to chaos. Let your mind rest peacefully in a clean home.

Keeping the home clean and organized doesn’t have to be as frightenin­g as it seems. There is, for example the idea of pre-cleaning – trying to keep the home clean by not making a mess. Everyone in the family shall be involved. When there’s little mess to deal with, the cleaning task is much less daunting.

Making an effort to keep the home tidy and orderly is extremely important to maintainin­g both mental and physical health. For those who lead very busy lives, it is more practical to focus on one area of the home at a time to deepclean, while keeping the rest of the house casually tidy. After a while, the whole place will have been thoroughly cleaned and sanitized – and then the houseclean­ing cycle can start all over again.

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