With the New Year just round the corner again, many people from around the world are undoubtedly going to be considering a variety of different potential New Year’s resolutions to set, and are planning out how they want to structure their lives going forward.

There may be all sorts of things that you want to get done before the New Year – or early into the New Year – ranging from basic household maintenance tasks such as contacting certified Terminix professionals to deal with an infestation, to taking steps to make a major career shift, and re-orient and recalibrate the way that you are living your life in general.

At the same time, however, there may be certain particularly striking and significant benefits to getting your home properly tidy and organised in time for the New Year, as a means of supporting your broader goals and sense of well-being going forward.

So, whether you’re interested in trying out the Marie Kondo system for completely decluttering your living space and taking on a more “minimalist” approach to everyday life, or whether you are simply looking for a manageable solution for tidying the place and ensuring that all of your belongings are properly stored away, here are some of the benefits of getting your home properly tidy and organised for the New Year.

A much clearer sense of having a fresh start

The clearest reason, perhaps, why so many people around the world find New Years resolutions to be so deeply rewarding – and why they find the New Year itself to be such an exciting and magical time – is because these things offer a great opportunity for a fresh start.

From time to time, we all become dissatisfied with the way we are leading our lives in one sense or another, and want to make some positive and life-affirming changes. The turning of the cycle of the year is a perfect opportunity for making just such a fresh start.

Taking steps to really tidy up and organise your home in time for the New Year can serve to dramatically underscore this potential benefit, and to provide an even clearer sense of a fresh start – as not only will you have a whole new year spread out before you, but you will also be in a situation where the atmosphere in your home reflects that change in a very tangible manner.

Freeing up energy and momentum for new things to come

Having a cluttered and disorganised home can, when all said and done, be very draining – in terms of the impact it has on depleting your energy levels, but also in terms of how it can undermine your sense of motivation.

If your living space is very cluttered and messy, it can be all too easy to end up falling into an apathetic state of mind, or to feel overwhelmed, or incapable of making a potent and meaningful change in order to move things in a more positive overall direction.

By getting your home properly organised and tidied up, therefore, you can free up a good deal of energy and momentum for new things to come, and can put yourself in a situation where you’re in a better position to “hit the ground running” with enthusiasm.

A manageable and direct way of taking action without excess complexity

One of the most important things when it comes to making proper sustainable changes in the New Year – and of making sure that your New Year’s resolutions “stick,” more generally speaking – is to get into the habit of taking consistent action without allowing yourself to get thrown off track, disheartened, or distracted.

Getting your home properly organised represents a manageable and direct way of taking action without excess complexity, and without giving you too many opportunities to become overly caught up in your own thoughts.

A great opportunity to reflect on the person you want to be going forward

Among other things, the New Year period is certainly a time for reflection – reflection on the past year and the way it has played out certainly, but also reflection on the kind of person you want to be going forward.

Organising and decluttering your home can actually serve as a great opportunity for reflecting on the kind of person you want to be going forward – as, among other things, deciding which belongings to keep and which to get rid of, and how to decorate your living space, all have a lot to do with the kind of energy and sense of self you want to bring with you into the New Year.