Image is Everything: Living Environment

This subject of the Image is Everything Series is particularly an issue that I need to work on, so what better than to talk about it to help me gain som motivation for improving myself. 

As you may already know, Image is everything, because it is how people make impressions about you.  When people see the stuff you live with day to day such as you car and house, does it create a good image or a nuetral or even bad image?  If you have an organized and clean living environment, than you are probably beyond this article, but if you have to clean up your car or organize you house or room significantly everytime you have new guests than you are who I am targeting.

I always ask myself if my future wife was to knock on the door would I let her into my bedroom.  Right now I would have to say “No”.  This is a problem, because anyone might be able to clean up there room in times of necessity, but part of these lessons is to perminantly improve image.  So how is it that we move forward to perminantly improve the image of our living environment which reflects who we are?  Well, I am going to list several helpful ideas, but it is more about wanting to improve you image.  As with all of the lessons, practice makes perfect, so if you work to keep your stuff organized all the time then eventually it will be natural.  If you are commited to changing your image, take these lessons to heart.  Have fun seeing youself in a clean and organized lifestyle.  Hopefully it will be something you can be proud of.   So on with the helpful tips.

These may seem simple, but it is necessary.

1. Have a logical place for everything and keep it there.  If you use something, put it away where it belongs.  If it doesn’t have a good place, make a good place.  Buy organizing bins at the store if you need to. Eventually you have to put it away anyways, so why not just put it away now instead of then.  I know this is tough, but it is only tough because you are not use to it.
2. Remind yourself how nice an organized environment feels. 
   There is nothing like the feeling of cleaning up and seeing a clean organized space.  The cleaning up part is not fun, but having an organized place is very rewarding and more functional.  Remind yourself continuously how much you hate cleaning up and how much you enjoy a clutter free area.  Staying organized all the time fixes both of those, clutter free and no major clean-up. 
3. Know that clutter increases stress and too much stress hurts your image.
   Do you know that the idea of seeing clutter and thinking about cleaning it up causes stress?  Well it does, so just eliminate the clutter and eliminate the stress.  Stress and a good image rarely go with each other.
4. If you aren’t proud of your living environment, improve it.
   Don’t learn to be content, learn to be proud.  I always tell myself, if I am not proud of it, then you must change something.  So ask yourself if you are pround and if not make a commitment to change.

These are tips will help you try to stay organized in general, but to really improve your environment there are many pages out their with specifics about how to organize your room, kitchen, garage, car, etc.  Learn about the specifics organizing a place and then keep in mind the tips I have written.  If you do both, then you will be one step closer to being more proud of yourself thus improving your image.

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