Hey everyone - let me know if you like this video format (with the captions) or not. Thought I'd try something different. Hope you have a great day!

When you are so depressed, cleaning your room feels like climbing Mount Everest .

Not only did I clean my room. I repainted it. I shampooed the carpets. And I bought new furniture. Now it looks like the sins of my past are all washed away!

I’ve been cleaning my room since I was 10yrs, my Mother gave a prize to the cleanest room. I won every single time. Till this day as a grown women in my 50’s, my room is immaculate as well as my apartment. Thanks Mom.

"Fix the things you repeat everyday."

Peterson has become a father figure to all the men who grew up under the belief that they didn’t need one.

This is real. Minimalism changed my life.

Starting to “clean your room” can be extremely difficult when severely depressed. Finding motivation to make that first step is always the most difficult. A trick I call the “two minute rule’ that have I have used in the past few years (severe health and depression issues) that really helps for any unpleasant task such as cleaning dishes, or at tackling a neglected house/room is to tell yourself you will only do ...dishes for two minutes or clean out the junk drawer for two minutes .....the next thing you know you spent 30 minutes and the task is complete. You get on a roll and the next thing you know the whole room is clean. Give it a try for two minutes you will be surprised.

This is the first time someone has successfully made a case regarding why I should clean my room.

a cluttered house is a cluttered mind

I paused this video to go clean my kitchen. I feel better now.

When I found out I had breast cancer 12 years ago, the first thing I did was pray; and the second thing I did was organize all my medical and health info in a ring binder with dividers. Being neat and tidy helped me keep a handle on everything. It was a very dark time and the anxiety was inescapable, but putting things in order helped me get through it. And something good came out of that dark time because I learned how dependent I am on God.

When my house is at disarray, my thoughts are too. When I clean and everything is organized I feel I want to write, read, cook and get dressed. Its a definite trigger for great things to unfold. Its a domino effect.

I listened to this psychologist who encouraged me to write the word "valuable" on my bathroom mirror and that task in itself changed my inner dialogue gradually. I started to tell myself I'm valuable and worthy everyday and that turned into me cleaning my room, just automatically, because I thought since I'm valuable I have to treat my environment with value. I've always been messy, always had a trouble to keep my room clean, and now suddenly I keep my room clean all the time just because of that task. My next task is to try to listen to my inner voice better because I have a bad habit of numbing my uncomfortable feelings down with food. I watched the movie Spirited away and realised I gotta change. If I value myself I have to value my inner voice. Clean your inner dialogue 😀

It's amazing how when he tells us stuff we already know we are still amazed .

Every morning I wake up I lay my bed, vacuum and mop my room twice a week and arrange my study area everyday. It makes my mind calm, clear and focused. Been doing this for years now.

This is true. My room has been messed up during my phases of depression. I just didn’t give a shit about the stuff lying around. I could only clean up if I felt better mentally

Very profound statement 'So why should you even bother improving yourself? So you don't suffer any more stupidly than you have to'

I started minimalism lifestyle and it made my life 80% easier and happier. No messes around me anymore

Makes so much sense! When I'm anxious, I clean. My entire house and garage hold no clutter, spaces are not over full, everything is maintained properly. I can't control the world, but I can control the state of my living conditions. Clean and well ordered = peace and calm.

Living with a hoarder will literally kill you. U can't win. Chaos is such a perfect word. Some people need the Chaos to feel comfortable, if u clean it up, they will mess it up again

After my divorce I cleaned so well that a CSI forensic team couldn't find his DNA anywhere

Yes, cleaning your room and your sorroundings, it will give you a nice feeling and your mind will get clearer😊

I just spent a couple of months decluttering & reorganizing my *entire* house. I've never felt more in control or in a state of feeling satisfied with myself. It was a dreaded, monumental task, but once I got started, it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. If you try it, just take one small area of the house at a time & don't push too hard. A little bit at a time.

I strongly believe that our physical space and mental space are connected

Done this 3days ago...I was so down and started to fix my room...throw every single rubbish in there. Wow it’s so effective. This video confirmed that.

"If something announces itself to you" That is a strange way of looking at it, but it just made me clean my entire apartment spotless. The way Jordan explains things is amazing, this dude has absolutely changed my life, thank you.

Decluttering one's room helps you declutter your life.

Every time I clean up something in my room, I need to go to the loo.. And something stagnant in my life surprisingly clears up in the next few days.. I cannot pin point to what will happen because it's much better than what I expect every single time.. 😍😍

I need to spring clean my room and life.

I do like the captions. I also like what you said, "You see what you aim at." The bible states, "Where your treasures are, there will your heart be also."

I definitely use the amount or lack of mess in my house as a guage where I'm at mentally and emotionally. It's also the easiest way to feel better about life when you clean it up. I love cleaning messes for this reason and started my own cleaning business because of it. I want to give this sense of stability to as many families and business owners as I can.

Jordan has a lot of value to give to the abstract thinkers and intuitives for sure. It’s disappointing that some people don’t understand where he’s coming from. Like it’s such reasonable advice. The basic things we need to care about like our routines, the minutia… love that

Jordan Peterson is the type of public intellectual with the ability to make the complicated... simple, the metaphysical... palpable, and the common-sensical... necessary. "Be careful what you aim at."

I call this *Feng Shui for the Soul* ♥️✨ It's all about the lost connection between our mental, emotional, spiritual, physical energy and we need to do nice things for our environment as part of our self care. One easy way is washing dishes (leave them to drip dry and then put away once they're dry. This saves tea-towels and is more hygienic). As you're washing the dishes just look at the kitchen worktops and give them a sponge over with some hot bubbly water, and the windowsill if you have one, then maybe move your momentum onto the cupboard fronts then maybe, if you feel okay sponging the kickboards below the floor cupboards. And that's a good little load of tasks done there to clean up the kitchen. If you feel like sweeping the floor do that. If you feel like mopping the floor too, the best solution is simply washing up liquid and hot water. Even if you only do one thing from this list... it's an achievement when you're depressed. Then just do this for each room of your home. The kitchen is a good place to start because it frees up and cleans up your space to be able to get food and drinks if your energies begin to recalibrate. Once you manage to get the kitchen done the bathroom is the next best place (the crucial rooms - one for digestive sustenance and the other for self-care pampering) and then after that the bedroom because this is also a place for pampering rest, relaxation and sleep, and you can also use this room as a lounge whilst you eventually start clearing and cleaning the actual lounge until you can use it comfortably again. These are the four basic and usually most used rooms in a home. You will feel better after doing the initial cleaning in the kitchen because the physical movement is shifting all of your energies (mental, emotional, spiritual, physical) and it may even physically and mentally hurt to some degree depending on the level of depression because it is shifting energies. If you have to go and sit, or lie, down just go and sit, or lie, down and try again when you feel up to it. It's not a failure. It was a success for rising to the challenge. Well done for trying. Awesome for trying. Each day, or even if you want to keep trying more than once a day, just keep trying. If you can't, it's because you're too depressed. Simple as that. Well done to all of you. Sending love in abundance and we all love you without measure because there's no reason for us not to 🤗♥️✨

This is right on time. My home was burglarized when I was on vacation in April 2019. My bedroom was ransacked and it bought back all those feelings associated with PTSD from a sexual trauma that I was in therapy for....just went out the window. I am finally moving and am organizing so that my life can run smoother. I appreciate this video.

I entirely agree. I was brought upto make my bed and tidy the room as soo. As I wake up. I am 60 yrs of age and I still enjoy my parents teaching. Thank you sooo much. With love and respect.

May God bless you Dr Peterson you sir have changed my life and how I view the world and because of you I have become more and more closer to my faith!!!! Thank you

The best way to Change yourself to improve is to start with tidying your room.

If I was in college, this would be the type of classes I would love to attend! His teaching is awesome, definitely enlightening.

Without giving my life story, this one simple hint from Jordan set me up to completely turn my life around.... Bless this man

Cluttered environment =cluttered mind.

When I was 11, my friends started paying me to clean their rooms. Eventually, her parents found out and hired me to clean the whole house. Now days, I own and operate a janitorial company. Cleaning has definitely helped me cope with stress! I love when I can use my services to help those who need it most.

I’ve always have cleaned, cleaning business - now i realize because i was molested at an early age, thought i was dirty, cleaning constantly made me feel clean- it was not me- it happened to me / now i can live and be clean and not clean for others👍❤️ I am Terry the GREAT

I am in a point in my life where everything's a mess and I don't know what to do.. This came in, and now I know where to start.

When I’m stressed or upset my room is messy soo true once I get tiny bit better I start cleaning

I’m in High school and over the break I wanted to clean my room because I felt really bad and I am quite a hoarder. I threw mostly everything away. I felt way better than before! I didn’t feel so cluttered anymore. I felt relieved that I cleaned my room.

When I’m feeling anxious or depressed, cleaning helps me immensely.

Boggles the mind why anyone would demonize Jordan Peterson. He's a good doctor and an even better human being. My life has been more improved by his wisdom than anyone who has tried to attack him.

Im kinda spooked......cause im sittin here bored..alone...and my depression/anxiety is killing me. I just thought maybe i can clean my room and throw things out. Then this pops up in my suggestions. This the 3rd time with different things, I got it KZfaq.

Also... don’t forget to clean yourself/ groom. Builds confidence to get your room and life in order. Remember you come first before anything else.

i always watch this video when my room gets messy for motivation.

I cleaned my room Waiting for next instruction, I will do anything he say. The most genuine personality I ever came across.

My room is a mess, i gave up on it, been like that for 2 yrs, been sleeping on couch, & everytime i try to start clening something came up, i started yesterday, 1/2 stuff out, vacuuming coming, then dusting, new sheets, but it's getting done, deep depression led me there.

It doesn't matter which one of these videos I watch ----the tears come sooner or later. It's like he's seen every moment of my last 15 years of life and is channeling something to me.....it really helps me feel less alone to know this kind of thing, as Peterson is saying, is what so many other people are going through, too.

Before I even watch this video I clean up my room and threw away all the stuff that I didn't want anymore..Happy new year of 2020!🙏🙏

My room used to be a mess, I had a lot of things that I considered a memory, each one of them. I’ve been moving myself around, and throwing things away. Sold my toys, took away some old notebooks, books I don’t even read, old diaries that threw me back to the saddest moments of my life. I feel so much better now, I want to be in my room all day :).

A great General once said, start every day making your bed. You just accomplished something and set the tone for your day.

I love Dr. Peterson so much about his wisdom in his simplicity. I take his advice and then I suddenly need to go and clean myself. Take a shower, shave, brush my teeth and then come back feeling fresh and then tackle my room. Throw out the crap and neaten it up, it's not so difficult and leaves me feeling a whole better and enabled to tackle other tasks. Keeping myself feeling fresh and clean really helps to be able to tackle other tasks that may feel out of control sometimes.

It's a totally different story when you are told why you should clean your room, versus when it's your mom simply ordering you to do it.

He's Like a Dad for All of the so called Grown up men.

I believe a shift in psychotherapy should be introduced. The treatment sessions should take place at the patient's house, not at the doctor's office.

Yes Jordan … your are RIGHT … i am a mess , but I’m changing things because of you .. slowly but surely. Thank you , you helped me change my life around

You feel lighter and freer when giving away things as I always do! Getting organized is key to feeling good, clearing books is important, we have cats in our house for over 15 years that we love, so cleaning and clearing is key!!! Thanks Dr. Jordan as Freedom and Simplicity is Key!

It’s only 8AM and JP already made me think deeply 😩

Your videos about him made me buy his latest book. Rarely read 70 pages in 2 days lol

I don't remember where, but I saw something that said that the first thing you should do every morning when you wake up is to make your bed. It's a very easy little task that will start off your day productively, which will make you feel better about yourself. Then, if you don't manage to get anything else done for the rest of the day, at least you have a nice, made bed to climb into at night. I just thought it was an interesting, helpful idea and now I make a point to make my bed every morning. I have a very hard time establishing and maintaining a routine, but I've been able to do that consistently for a while now and it really helps me start the day feeling good about myself.

This man is offering crucial life advice. Take it from someone whose done drugs and been down a few wrong paths, being truly organized and set, even in a material sense, is like a high all its own. I've been disorganized for as long as I could remember and everything was stressful. I lost things all the time, I had lingering anxiety because I was always afraid I'd lose something and never know until I needed it and then look for days in a panicked frenzy. Just the pure relief of knowing where my things are and being able to access them in a moment's notice has lifted an enormous weight off my shoulders. I put a massive stack of papers amongst my entire collection of files and knew I could find anything I wanted in that whole stack in less than a minute. It's a small example but just the feeling of knowing I could do that literally felt like a high. And I've been able to apply that to many areas of my life and it's slowly coming together bit by bit. Jordan Peterson makes a very important point though that it is *NOT* just about being clean and organized, it's about being able to identify chaos vs. order and then having the will-power to create order from chaos. Many people can only see the largest contrasts between order and chaos in their lives and all-too-often the contrast between the two is far to great for a person to sanely tackle and solve at once. Especially when you consider all the little bits of chaos that may call to their attention NOW, and all the little bits preventing them from ordering the BIG chaos in their life. Once you begin to correct all the small things, more things become clear that you must deal with, and you are more experienced in creating order from chaos. If you cannot understand all the SMALL things that create chaos in your life, you will *NEVER* be able to sort out the chaos plaguing humanity on a global scale.

Totally agree.. I’m gonna start cleaning now. Extremely motivating message. Thank you👍

Peterson is like the cool step dad that shows up and actually cares about our mom- Dark Arts

Listening to this while I FINALLY vacuum and rearrange my bedroom.

I'm forever thankful to Cathy Newman for introducing this man to me

Very simple piece of advice but very true very effective! Reality is not so difficult to face if we understand its simplicity.

Every time I clean my room, I feel like I got a fresh start. A fresh start to finish my projects

I make a goal for each day, preferably the night before. It doesn't need to be a big goal e.g., fold laundry, load dishwasher, vacuum the car... It's much easier for me to get a lot done once I can finally get started. Sometimes I sit for 30 minutes (sometimes much longer) until I'm able to get out of the chair in the morning and start. Getting started is the hardest part for me. But I strongly believe in the power of accomplishing short term goals.

Tidy up your room each day while listening to this 8 minute video. 8 minutes each day should do.

Cleaning my room or even the house always makes me feel so good especially when I feel something is off in my energy

This is just what I needed. I totally agree with all that you said. I will listen to this everyday until every room is cleaned. I know it will get better each day. THANK YOU I know this will change my whole life

Your room, your car, your cubicle are an extension of your persona.

Have you noticed the increased popularity of JP? His focus is to give a clear message that will reduce personal suffering and allow each one of us to focus on improving their lives and of others. Give this person a Nobel Prize!!! It would be amazing if he receives a United Nations prize or some sort of global recognition for his help on improving mental agility/positive and self-improvement for every one. His KZfaq videos are free. Best motivational speaker / personal coach I have ever encountered. I am going to clean my house right now :)

I just love love Jordan Peterson, his passion, his message, his voice.... Makes me feel better just watching his stuff

My parents thought me or us. How to clean our environment when I was young like 7to 10 years old. Back in Africa! Nigeria. Our neighbors always jealous of our Clearness. I used to clean the all compound, but I before I go to my primary school. #wakeuptime5:00am. It's on my blood... My mom was the best cleaning black woman in our community. Even people are still testify to it.

I learn something from him. I told that to my children . Clean your Own room💪👍🏻. I like his teaching about compare yourself with who were yesterday. When our place especially our room is clean our feeling is also pleasant.

The title of this video should be: cleaning depression.

I will have my 18yr old son watch this.. Clean your room is a daily battle

Cleaning my room and listening to this is a vibe

Just today I cleaned my room as a new habit of New year and this video is in my recommendation of yt and I think it's a sign..

I was just scrolling looking for a video of how to clean your room i watched earlier This is ther first thing this pops up. Intrested- i click on it. This made me see the better outlook on life. I cant tell you how much this helped me.

Honest information...I always keep my room tidy...and it really brings about a positive feeling...I enjoy being in my room

After watching this I went and cleaned my room ... I felt ... inspired.

How amazing this concept is to keep your surroundings declutter and Clear to see the clarity in your visions. Absolutely worth to watch this. Looking forward to learn more and assimilate more in my life

Captions are great as this not only fixes key words visually ..but this makes it easy.. thankyou

Your video came up.. And just in time too. I need to hear this to motivate myself to decluttter the things around me. Thank you.

Cleaning my house does make me feel more peaceful, and I do think things through while cleaning. It is very liberating. I find it difficult with a 5 year old sometimes...lol

One of the best videos by one of the best speakers on KZfaq!

Thank you! I bless you with pure love and light!

I love this man so much, lots of respect for him

Absolutely correct. CLEAN MY ROOM!

Whenever I clean my room perfectly I have a desire to learn spiritual matters!!

Amazing video...when we get out of our own heads...life is actually much more simpler than we make it seem