Declutter your space — and your brain.

Experts suggest that something as simple as cleaning the space around you can improve your mental health.

Dr. Faith Coleman, a family practice doctor and medical journalist, wrote on StudyFinds.com that while a mess might seem like a small job, it’s taking up more space in your mind than you think — despite being so easy to prevent.

“When clutter is winning, mental health is losing,” Coleman wrote.

Coleman argued that there are many significant consequences that a messy space can have on mental health, such as impairing memory, poor eating habits and a decrease in impulse control.

Clutter can also increase the risk of developing a mood disorder, stunt creativity, decrease productivity, diminish energy, and interfere with concentration and decision-making.

The amount of time spent rummaging through clutter to find misplaced items takes up 5% of your time.

“What is five percent of your income? That’s what your clutter is costing you,” Coleman said.

A highly cluttered environment could lead to communication or relationship struggles as well since the distraction of all the visual stimuli could interfere with reading other’s expressions and emotions.

Studies have shown that the space we live in is our “psychological home” — a place of comfort and security that’s an “extension of your identity to which you form an emotional bond.”

One study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology looked at what things could detract from and contribute to a psychological home.

Catherine Roster, study author and professor at the University of New Mexico’s Anderson School of Management, discovered that possession clutter can have a largely negative impact on well-being.

Coleman listed the following as some of the greatest powerful impacts of decluttering your environment: