Find peace and quiet while you clean your home

Keeping your home clean and decluttered is a constant battle, but there’s a reward that comes with living and working in an organized space. It’s easier to concentrate on work, you can sit back and unwind without worrying about the mess and your anxiety levels will decrease.

A messy living space can turn into . If you’ve ever felt guilty sitting down to relax when the dishes still needed to be done, you’ll know how unfinished chores can get to you. A mess sends a signal to your brain that you’re not quite done for the day and that prevents you from truly relaxing.

When you declutter your home, you give yourself a chance to declutter your headspace. Here’s how an organized space can improve your mental well-being, plus a few tips for finally decluttering your home (and some ideas for what you can listen to while you get down to work).

Find Peace in an Organized Home

The noise of a busy house can be distracting, and the messes left behind can be too. If you’re trying to and find a moment of tranquility, a distracting environment can get in the way. It’s important that your space facilitates mindfulness and creates a calm, relaxing atmosphere.

Of course, in today’s busy world, there’s always something else trying to divert your attention. If you’re having trouble getting a moment of peace, try to to meditation or self-help audiobooks. These titles can connect you to a healthier lifestyle for recommendations.

Learn to Give Up Clutter

An organized home equals a better focus during the workday and more relaxing evenings and weekends, but how do you get there? Fumio Sasaki’s is a great place to start for novices to minimalism. He doesn’t teach the kind of enlightened minimalism that Marie Kondo has become famous for. Instead, he’s just a regular guy who one day got tired of owning so much stuff. Goodbye, Things has some valuable lessons for anyone who wants to cut down on clutter.

The rules are straightforward and easy to follow. If you find spiritual minimalism to be a bit much, Sasaki offers some down-to-earth guidelines that will help you clear the stuff out of your life so that you can fill it with a simpler kind of happiness.

Listen While You Organize

Doing things around the house is always better when you have something to listen to. Cleaning and decluttering will go by faster with a voice in the background engaging you in a story. Find the right title that will draw you in and you’ll even look forward to a weekend afternoon spent cleaning up the house. Check out some of these recommendations that should appeal to a wide range of tastes.

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A collection of comedic essays by YouTube star Laura Clery, is an honest self-reflection on how Clery went from being broke and unemployable to someone who finally (sort-of) had her life together. If you need a laugh from someone who isn’t afraid to dig up their own dirt, Idiot makes great company.