Keeping Your Dorm Room Clean and Organized

There is going to be a certain amount of stress in college. You’re taking on a lot more classes than in high school with a heavier work load for studying and homework. You’re also trying to get used to a new environment. Unfortunately, one of the causes of stress can be your own college dorm room. How? Your dorm room may not be as clean and organized as you need it to be to stay stress free.

It can be hard to keep your college dorm room clean and organized when you have a heavier work load of classes and homework. However, it is best to set aside a certain amount of time, even at a specific time, to clean up your college dorm room. You’ll find that your college dorm room inexplicably becomes a little dustier than your room at home. Simply wiping down surfaces with a cloth and sweeping your floor will do a lot for your dorm room and those activities won’t take much time. Along with these specific times for clean up, make sure you help yourself along the way to that designated clean up time. Simple tasks like putting clothes away immediately will help you a lot. Plus, you won’t have to dread a huge chunk of clean up time at the end of the week because you didn’t do any kind of cleaning such as putting away your laundry during the week.

Of course, staying clean and organized in college isn’t just about dusting your dorm room. You need to be organized with everything to cut back on time spent organizing or searching for items later. Having a system or routine will help you a lot. It can be as simple as organization bins for your writing utensils or notes from the previous topic covered in class. Setting up these simple routines and systems will allow you to stay organized and focus on other things like studying for your exams. Plus, when you have certain organization systems, you won’t have to be late for class because you can’t find your study guide, syllabus, or highlighter.