Things such as walkability of a neighborhood do not have as significant of an effect on health as much as cleanliness does. A study found that people with the cleanest homes were the healthiest and most active. Sleep, a college student’s best friend, is impacted by the state of your dorm room, so if you’re having issues sleeping, try tidying up before you sleep.Ĭlean rooms can also have physical benefits. Allergens, such as dust, can affect your sleep and comfort in your room. Also, people who make their bed every morning are “ 19 percent more likely to get a good night’s sleep every night.” If you are prone to allergies, consider picking up your room and dusting. Papers and clutter can make you feel restless and affect your sleep. Putting things away after you take them out can give you a sense of completion and fulfillment as you clean up your study space.Īccording to the National Sleep Foundation, de-cluttering your room and creating a dark, clean space allows you to sleep better. On the other hand, participants in clean rooms were more likely “to do what was expected of them.” I find this research to be particularly interesting and it shows that messy rooms can be good, but a clean room does have long-term benefits.īut just because you enjoy a mess when you work doesn’t mean you can’t make choices to combat the messiness after your creative time. Participants who worked in messy rooms were more likely to have more creative and interesting ideas compared to their clean-room counterparts. I feel strongly a clean room allows me to think more openly about my work, and allows me to feel less cramped and anxious.Ī recent study by the Association for Psychological Science showed that messiness and cleanliness have different benefits in terms of education and productivity.
When I first started writing this piece, I thought I would find a lot of information about why messy rooms were bad and clean rooms were good. Coming back to a clean room reduces my anxiety as well as improves my mood, but why should I keep it extremely clean even if I do not study there? I like to keep my room clean so that I can have peace of mind every time I come back from a long day of classes or extracurricular activities. Clothes are everywhere and books are strewn about, but if you looked at my room a week ago, it was extremely clean with the books and clothes put away and my bed neatly made. If you look at my dorm room right now, it looks like a hurricane came through.
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