Life can be messy, we all know that. Whether it’s messy from stress, busyness or just plain laziness, it can be overwhelming. Messes can be physical messes, like having a messy room. Messes can also be mental messes, like being stressed from school or having messy relationships. There is a time and place to choose whether or not you want that mess to be a part of your life. If you think you can handle it, embrace it. A messy room means you have things, a messy car means you go places, messy hair means you got good sleep, messy art means you had fun creating it. Sometimes making messes aren’t a bad thing and that’s when you should take full advantage.
When messes get out of hand, it is important to know how to control them, and possibly, get rid of them all together. When I lived in my own apartment at my other college, I let my room get far too messy, to the point where I would sleepwalk in the middle of the night and start cleaning it because I was dreaming that people were going to come in and see the mess. It made me so anxious; I didn’t want anyone to visit my apartment because it was always unkept, but there was rarely a better feeling than when I cleaned it. I love when my room is clean because it is one less stress in my life, it feels refreshing. Sometimes it is hard to keep it clean. I have struggled my entire life to be a clean person and I have a tendency to collect things, so it all ends up piling up in every corner. And we all know that one chair, you know, the one where you throw all your clothes that you are too lazy to hang back up. Except for me, that is my whole floor. You should know how to recognize when your messes are taking over your life. For me, it was the sleepwalking. I did it nearly every night. Keeping a tidy room made for a much better night’s sleep and a much better state of mind. Being in control of your messes means being in control of your life.
You get to decide how the messes in your life affect you. If you can handle them, embrace them. If they become too much, clean ’em up or they will take over.