Keeping It Clean

In my last post I talked a little about the difference having your space decorated can be a mood booster. This time around, it's all about the cleanliness. When I'm depressed (or stressed; like right now drowning in papers for three different classes) my room gets really messy because I just don't care. Seriously. There have been times where there has been so little available floor space I've had to jump over things in the dark to turn my lights off at night and on in the morning. I knew that had to stop once I jumped over my backpack, slipped on a stray paper, and slammed into the wall one night. It helped that mandatory complex-wide cleaning checks were a couple weeks ago, so I was forced to clean it all up. I have to admit, it felt amazing. The environment in my home (because my bedroom is more my home than the rest of the apartment I'm sharing with strangers is) is so much happier and I feel more productive in it when it's clean. Since then, clutter has taken over a bit because I am really overwhelmed and don't have time to clean, but now I feel like I need to make the time to clean because if my room is clean I'll feel better about myself and be in a mindset that will allow me to get things done. I'm taking my own advice here because even though I have a hard time staying on the clean room wagon, every time I do it, it works.