Clean your room

"If I wanted to spent ten minutes making this room better, what would I have to do?"

This is a good level of abstraction to start at. It's probably universally agreed to be a solid idea. And if you can habitually recognize how to improve your room and immediately take the steps necessary to do it, you should have no trouble keeping your room clean and have no reason to read this article.

If you agree with the idea, but yet for whatever reason your room remains messy, reduce the problem to a lower level of abstraction:

1. You can't just assess your room once, it has to be a habit. When you wake up, before you leave, when you get home, etc.. it has to be an automatic impulse to pay attention to your room and consider how you would make it better. Do not rely on new Jordan Peterson videos as a reminder to clean your room

Start with one spot.

Pick a part of your room - Desk? Bed? Floor? Whatever calls to you.

Now clean that spot and keep it clean. If it's your bed, keep it made. If it's your desk, keep it organized.

And commit to not watching any Jordan Peterson videos or doing anything non-essential until that's done.

Go!

If that doesn't work out, that's fine! Do this:

Pick one thing in that one spot. Pick it up. Put it where it belongs. Repeat.

If you're finished, do it again!

Keep this page open until your room is clean. Timer starts now.