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The downside to Zoom calls? Hundreds of people see your home \u2013 and how well you clean. While 73% clean more, 18% feel \u201chouse shame\u201d and use virtual backgrounds.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

NEW YORK \u2013 A Zoom meeting brings colleagues into your home, and many remote workers found personal space suddenly on display during videoconference calls \u2013 and that motivated them to spruce up their nest, a new survey shows.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to a Cinch Home Services survey, 73% of Americans say they cleaned or tidied up their homes prior to virtual Zoom calls. The survey, which gauged how the pandemic changed Americans\u2019 cleaning habits, found that 18% of respondents felt some \u201chouse shame.\u201d Most of these people used a digital background to hide their untidy home.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The people who cleaned their homes say they felt more productive at work after doing so: 68% say cleaning increases their feelings of productivity, 65% say it makes them feel more in control and 58% say it\u2019s motivating.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Clutter-avoidance appeared in other ways:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

64% intentionally cut back on purchases to stall clutter<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
70% went on a cleaning spree since the pandemic began<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
Nearly 45% of consumers say their spaces are much cleaner now than they were pre-pandemic.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Source: \u201cTurns Out, the Era of Zoom Calls Has Helped Declutter Homes,\u201d Apartment Therapy (June 13, 2021)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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The downside to Zoom calls? Hundreds of people see your home \u2013 and how well you clean. While 73% clean more, 18% feel \u201chouse shame\u201d and use virtual backgrounds. NEW YORK \u2013 A Zoom meeting brings colleagues into your home, and many remote workers found personal space suddenly on display during videoconference calls \u2013 and that motivated them to spruce up their nest, a new survey shows. According to a Cinch Home Services survey, 73% of Americans say they cleaned or tidied up their homes prior to virtual Zoom calls. The survey, which gauged how the pandemic changed Americans\u2019 cleaning habits, found that 18% of respondents felt some \u201chouse shame.\u201d Most of these people used a digital background to hide their untidy home. The people who cleaned their homes say they felt more productive at work after doing so: 68% say cleaning increases their feelings of productivity, 65% say it makes them feel more in control and 58% say it\u2019s motivating. Clutter-avoidance appeared in other ways: 64% intentionally cut back on purchases to stall clutter 70% went on a cleaning spree since the pandemic began Nearly 45% of consumers say their spaces are much cleaner now than they were pre-pandemic. Source: \u201cTurns Out, the Era of Zoom Calls Has Helped Declutter Homes,\u201d Apartment Therapy (June 13, 2021) \u00a9 Copyright 2021 INFORMATION INC., Bethesda, MD (301) 215-4688 Go to Source Author: marlam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwfl4sale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwfl4sale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwfl4sale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwfl4sale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwfl4sale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nwfl4sale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwfl4sale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwfl4sale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwfl4sale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwfl4sale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}