It’s International Ideas Month! To celebrate ideas big and small, Maid Brigade dares you to explore your creative side. When you’re not stressed, distracted, or scrambling to stack one work task on top of another, what does your imagination reveal? The plot of a thrilling novel? A design for a decorative art piece you could print and frame for your friends? In other words, when your mind is free, where does it go and, more importantly, what does it invent?
The possibilities are endless, but you may struggle to let your creativity flow if your space is dirty and disorganized. Don’t believe us? This blog is dedicated to highlighting the connection between tidiness and an inspired, productive mind. As you read, remember: every day is a chance to use your imagination. We think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the creative activities and adventures it leads you towards.
Creativity and Clutter Just Don’t Mix
Picture your desk or your office at its worst. Three days’ worth of stale coffee cups, a pile of discarded sticky notes, and a computer keyboard filled with crumbs from your afternoon snacks definitely aren’t the markers of an open, creative mind, and there’s serious evidence to back this up:
- Stress Reduction and Improved Mental Clarity: Messiness can contribute to feelings of stress and anxiety, which can hinder creativity and productivity. A clean space can help alleviate this stress, allowing for a more relaxed and focused mindset.
- Enhanced Decision Making: Next comes the cascade effect of lowered stress. By removing visual clutter and prioritizing your peace, a clean space can improve your ability to analyze information and make better decisions.
- Positive Mood Boost: Less stress, less reasons to frown! A tidy environment can positively impact your mood and self-esteem, leading to increased motivation and productivity.
- Better Sleep: A rested mind has more energy to be creative, and there’s something to be said for dreams and their potential link to creative ideas. So, dream away, and clean with the goal of promoting a more imaginative sleep state that inspires invention.
Helping Your Kids Thrive: A clean, well-composed space can help your children thrive, too. According to one study, 77% of parents saw more creativity and 83% of parents saw more productivity in kids who did homework and other activities in a consistently clean environment.
Imagine a Space Where You Can Express Yourself
It’s easier than you think. Just follow our simple guide to spruce up your home and get your favorite creative activities back on track:
Make a Plan
Ask yourself what creativity means to you. Then consider when and where you feel most creative. This will inspire you to focus on cleaning and decluttering specific areas of your home and create a step-by-step plan to address the messes that are giving you the most stress. With a renewed sense of structure and a vision of your ideal creative sanctuary, you can move forward with confidence and achieve true self-expression.
Donate and Discard
Maybe your space feels a little crowded because it is a little crowded. Determining what can be donated and what should be put straight in the trash will make cleaning and organizing so much easier. The result? Physically open spaces and, if you’re lucky, inspirational items and forgotten projects you may unearth in the process of decluttering. Creative activities can be ones you start anew or ones you revisit from a new angle. Having a cleaner space just gives you fresh opportunities to do both.
Get a Second Set of Eyes
This “second set of eyes” can be a family member, a friend, or a professional home organizer. Better yet, you can call on a professional cleaning service like Maid Brigade to handle the tidying and cleaning tasks you may have overlooked. Being in the same space every day can make you grow accustomed to your surroundings, but when a team of expert cleaners steps in, they’re bound to notice details like dusty drapes and scuffed-up baseboards, clearing the way for creativity to blossom. Meanwhile, family and friends may be able to provide organizational tips that totally slipped your mind.
Do a Digital Decluttering
There’s a sneaky, hidden space within your home that you may be forgetting, and it’s all digital. Your email inbox, your text messages, and the various places you store personal and professional files can become cluttered and chaotic fast. When’s the last time you focused on reorganizing them? We recommend unsubscribing from businesses you no longer buy from, deleting anything unnecessary, and focusing on creating a digital landscape that matches the creative person you’re striving to be.
Already super organized? Consider swapping out your current phone or desktop wallpaper for something more dynamic and exciting.
Zone In So You Can Zone Out
Once your whole home (or your whole space) is clean, you can consider designating specific areas to accommodate specific creative activities. You can streamline creative processes, eliminate distractions, and give yourself permission to get lost in your imagination when you have places that aren’t cluttered with bills to pay, mail to open, and other items from everyday life.
Add What Inspires You
Maybe it’s a potted cactus or a Venus Flytrap. Maybe it’s your daughter’s second-grade art project. Whatever lifts your spirits and makes you feel closest to your own creative muse, bring it into the space where the majority of your creative activities and thinking take place. Joy and creativity often go hand in hand, so it can’t hurt to bring things that make you smile into your personal sanctuary.
How a Professional Cleaning Can Help Creativity Shine
Let’s face it: Your home isn’t going to clean itself. Thankfully, you don’t have to be the one mopping every floor and dusting every surface to ensure your home is in the best shape for dreaming, imagining, and pursuing new creative endeavors. Even when you’re feeling your most productive, creativity typically comes second to major responsibilities like work and family. Maid Brigade understands this perfectly.
Have you considered a regular professional cleaning service? Not only will this allow you to keep your mind off of cleaning, but it will also create a sparkling clean, germ-free space where you can explore your more inventive side. Schedule your first service today and watch your peaceful thoughts flow into fun, colorful expressions of your true self.
