Obsessed with Order: Can't Stop, Won't Stop Cleaning

A cluttered space reflects a cluttered mind.- Albert Einstein

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A clean environment means a sane mind and a productive day for me. I’m that one friend who never rests because she’s a clean freak. I can’t help it when I see a little dirt or mess around. I’d instantly be up and ready to get things in place.😂

Back in university, I really struggled living with people especially my roommates. I didn’t understand how others weren’t like me. I mean I always keep my part of the room neat but sometimes there seems to always be a mess somewhere in the room. Being the person that I am, I would always make sure to clean it up and it kept on happening which started to increase my frustrations.

Later on, I came to understand that everyone has their flaws and I can’t impose my values on others. So, the best I could do for myself was to move out and stay alone. For most of my stay in school, I stayed alone and I was very happy. No one to make me complain or clean up after them all the time.

Some people tend to get messy when their mind is not in the right place. I have friends like that but for me, I clean up to keep my head in the right place. For example, when I’m depressed and I walk into a messy room, it makes everything worse for me but when my room is clean and always intact I feel a lot more relaxed and my mind is at ease.

Cleanliness is really a big deal to me and I always make my friends laugh when I say I want a squeaky clean man. If I meet a man like me, I’m putting a ring on it because I know we won’t have problems around the house.😅

I’d like to believe I grew up with this habit of mine because as a kid, my dad would always advise my siblings and I on the importance of keeping the house in order. He would say ‘ people mostly fall sick because they don’t keep their houses clean and they don’t even know because they’re okay with living in a mess’.

Sometimes, living in a particular situation for so long makes you get used to it and same applies to living in a clean environment. Even my small siblings wouldn’t eat their snacks and drop the rubbers on the floor. They’d walk to the bin and dump them, that’s how they are being brought up and that’s what they’re used to.

Personally, little things make me fall sick. Even standing next to someone with too much cologne would bring me down with a cold. That’s how bad I get stuff from people and so I’m very careful about my daily life and who I come into contact with. A clean environment makes me happy, boosts my productivity and creativity and also keeps me away from any form of illness. That’s a good way of life for me.

It’s okay to be a mess sometimes, but don’t make it a thing cos a clean environment is a happy life.😅

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