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Why you should pick up after yourself

Are you a neat? Then you don’t need to read this, unless you want to use it to annoy someone for their lack of neatness. Are you a bum, perhaps? Something in between? Everyone makes up reasons to justify being the way they are, so you probably think you’re not perfect, but you’re not that bad either.

Here’s how to test if you’re tidy enough: Are you glad with your level of neatness? If not, you have to be more orderly.

This list can help you if you want to be neater than you are. (It might even help if you want your kids to be neater than they are, but the information below won’t help anyone who doesn’t already.) want to be neater.)

The paragraphs at the end tell you how to use this list. Just reading it is not enough.

Why save things?

  1. When you pick things up, the area looks better. Every time you see something neat and tidy, you feel a little jolt of pleasure. When you see a mess, your conscience bothers you, or at least offends your good taste a little.
  2. It’s safer. Objects in unexpected places can be tripping hazards, for example.
  3. It is safer for the object. It won’t get stepped on or torn, thrown away because it looks discarded, or wrinkled because someone sat on it.
  4. Save time. You don’t waste time looking for things that aren’t where they’re supposed to be.
  5. It’s less frustrating. Searching for something missing is always irritating. The frustration disappears when that object is in the first place you look.
  6. Promotes harmony (1). Others also know where to find the object, so they are happy and not frustrated when it is not there.
  7. Promotes harmony (2). Others don’t blame you for losing something if you always keep it.
  8. It is reconfortable. You always know where to find something, and this is a feeling of security.
  9. It’s cheaper. You won’t go shopping for another if you can always find the right one.
  10. It is a good testimony. When others see that you take care of your things, they decide that you are responsible and trustworthy; and you are a good example for others.
  11. Keeps authority figures off your back. No one will be after you to clean up. Related article: If you return the tools, dad will not find out that you used them.
  12. It takes just as long to save later as it does right away; but if he puts it away right away, he goes longer without the task hanging over his head, plus he gets all the other benefits of putting it away.
  13. It’s good discipline. The exercise of putting things away develops a mental skill that gives you strength against procrastination.
  14. It’s polite. If you keep it, you won’t force anyone to pick it up.
  15. It’s less work. For example, putting a dirty plate on the counter and then putting it in the dishwasher is more work than putting the plate directly in the dishwasher.
  16. Improve the behavior of others. Studies in Boston and elsewhere have shown that the most effective way to reduce neighborhood crime is to clean up the neighborhood. When people seem to care about a building or a neighborhood, others tend not to want to be the first to mess it up.

Here’s how to use this list if you want to be more organized: One or more of these items should resonate with you. (When you see it, your reaction is to think it’s a very good reason.)

  1. Copy the best reason (or a couple) manually on a piece of paper. Paraphrase if you want.
  2. Hold the piece of paper somewhere where you can see it with some regularity.
  3. Every time you see him, pick something up. (Even if she didn’t leave it there; and she doesn’t have to wait until she sees his note.)

In three weeks you will have achieved two things: you will have developed the habit of neatness and your environment will be more pleasant. In three short weeks you have changed your life. Congratulations!

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