It has been scientifically proven that living in a cluttered space can have an effect on your mental health. Here’s how our storage units in Sittingbourne can help.

It has been scientifically proven that living in a cluttered space can have an effect on your mental health with studies showing that people, in particular women, are likely to experience fatigue and even depression from living in a cluttered environment.  

A study conducted by Stephanie McMains and Sabine Kastner, professors of neuroscience, found that living in a cluttered environment also leads to people having difficulty focusing and stops them from being able to process information as well as someone living in an organised, clutter free home. This is due to the fact that a person’s visual cortex can become overwhelmed by clutter not related to the task they are trying to complete. 

More and more people are coming to this realisation, with many choosing to try out organising consultant Marie Kondo’s tidying method after her show “Sparking Joy” became a Netflix hit. 

Our Storage Unit In Sittingbourne Will Help

If you have come to a place where you know having a declutter would be good for you, our storage units in Sittingbourne would be a great aid in your decluttering journey as using self storage would allow you to declutter without having to be extremely ruthless with throwing or giving your belongings away. 

Here are some decluttering tips and more about how we can help:

Do It A Room At A Time 

Doing your decluttering one room at a time will really help to stop you feeling overwhelmed. Trying to do it all at once could just lead to you getting in a mess and feeling stressed which is likely to lead to you not wanting to continue. 

The decluttering is meant to be helping your mental health, not make it worse so only begin decluttering if you know you can approach it in a slow and steady manner. 

Ask For Help, If You Need It

If you think this might be hard for you, ask for help! If you live with people, whether family or roommates, they should be doing their part as it is their home too. 

But, if you live alone, still ask someone for help, if you need it. Your friends and family will want to help and support you with this task.

Use The Four Box Method

The Four Box Method  is where you, unsurprisingly, get four boxes and label them: Keep, Throw Away, Give Away and Storage. 

If you combine this with Marie Kondo’s method of only keeping the items which spark joy for you, you will really be on your way with your decluttering. 

This is the part where you do have to be a little ruthless and actually throw away or give away the things you have put in those piles. 

If you do struggle with this part, this is where our storage units in Sittingbourne will really come in handy. Using a storage unit will allow you to get your home nicely decluttered but then you can take your time throwing or giving stuff away. Having it in a unit may also make you realise how little you miss the items making it easier to let it go. And, of course, it is where you will store all the items that you place in the Storage box. 

Have Fun With It!

Put on some music, get all the family involved, buy some colourful storage boxes to store everything you are keeping, take breaks and have a well-earned cup of tea. 

Making it an enjoyable and happy task will make you much more likely to keep going with it and declutter your whole home. 

In the end, this is all about making you feel better within your home so it is super important that you have fun with it and feel better after doing it and not like it was the worst experience of your life. 

Clear Your Home And Mind With Our Storage Units in Sittingbourne

Living in a clutter-free home is really important. Clutter can have a negative effect on our mental health, our physical health and can lead to us being unable to focus. 

Decluttering can feel very overwhelming but if you take it slowly, one room at a time, ask for help and find a method that works for you, such as The Four Box Method, you should find it less overwhelming. It is also really important that you have fun with it. If you have fun with it, you will have a much more enjoyable experience. 

We hope you have enjoyed these tips and if you would like to know more about our storage units in Sittingbourne, please get in touch today by calling: 01795 420 427 or head to our website. 

And if you are really struggling with your mental health, please speak with your GP and with your friends and family. You can also find help and advice from mental health charities such as Mind.