5 Positive Things From People Who Get Bad In A Messy Room

Cluttered desk illustration (Unsplash / Ferenc Horvath)

JAKARTA - Messy rooms are often unsightly. Considered less beautiful or less structured in arranging every element of the room.

Messy room, apparently there is a positive side. If the negative might be immediately visible, for example dirty, looks full, hard to find small items, and so on.

First, the positive aspect of people who are and feel at home in a dirty room.

Several scientific studies suggest that people who like or deliberately have messy rooms are creative geniuses. For example, in the film Sherlock Holmes, a detective who has a unique thinking structure even looks strange to others.

For geniuses, clean spaces are not suitable for innovating and doing spontaneous things. Great ideas may very well connect from crayons in a drinking glass or paper in the refrigerator.

Second, people who are messy are not systemless. It has a special system for itself.

According to the authors of A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder, in a messy room they have a unique, systematic way.

Including, they know what items are in the room, where to put them and how to find these items in a short time.

Some successful chefs, according to Reader's Digest, their kitchens may look messy to others. But they deliberately make all the ingredients ready to use and easily accessible.

Painters, writers, scientists and inventors throughout history have often worked in chaotic spaces. They are not dirty but have their own way of dealing with clutter.

Third, messy people are spontaneous and they won't panic if something changes because they are used to it. Some companies are even looking for unusual people to be hired as special staff to handle office clutter.

A more orderly person feels overwhelmed and too stressed out when plans go awry. It's different for messy people who think chaos can be resolved and usually solve it.

Illustration of paint dirty hands (Unsplash / Alice Dietrich)

Researchers at the University of Minnesota found positive things about people in messy environments. The researchers found these people came up with better ideas.

Fourth, this is the positive thing from something that 'looks' messy. In their study, they asked people in clean and messy rooms to fill out forms.

One question included asking participants to find alternative uses for ping-pong balls. The researchers were far more impressed by the ideas of the participants who were in a messy room.

In theory, an irregular environment helps a person break away from tradition. More than that, any messy place will spark ideas.

Fifth, the messy room is such an artistic statement written in Jennifer McCartney's book The Joy of Leaving Your Sh * t All Over the Place: The Art of Being Messy. Putting the bag collection in a decorative manner confirms the growth of creative ideas.

Cluttered room may be for many people uncomfortable. But for others, this is a character that is difficult to change except of his own accord.