They fold clothes keeping the shop standards in mind, and frankly, it is terrifying! They identify themselves as neat people, but it wouldn’t be incorrect if we called them fanatically tidy.

If you don’t know how to organize your new apartment, leave it to your neat freak friend. They always know the exact place for everything that you are searching. TV remote? It is on the couch, behind the cushions. Your phone? It is on the study desk, by the lamp, connected to the charger. To have such a person in life is a blessing. They serve as an internal GPS tracker for inanimate objects. But they can also be a stressor, especially if you live with a neat freak and your cleaning and organizational skills do not qualify as type A. Here are some tips that can help you happily coexist with them

Appreciate their efforts and positive side.

It is vital to find their positive cleaning habits and appreciate their efforts. They usually have a specific order of arranging things that enables everyone at home to find things easily, and helps clear out the unnecessary clutter. These positive habits should be identified and appreciated.

Split all the household chores.

Do you hate doing the dishes? Hate doing laundry or taking out the trash? Try splitting all the household chores with your fellow roommate. For instance, if you are a messier person but don't mind cleaning the toilet or the bathroom floor, free your neater friend from this much-loathed task if they dislike it. This technique of 'divide and conquer will help establish a perfect balance and mitigate the differences in workload.

Create a Hassle-free zone

You have to understand and accept that both of you cannot have the same standard of neatness or cleanliness. Hence, you and your roommate should compromise and designate a couple of spots in your home as the ‘hassle-free zone.’ It can be a chair that keeps piled up clothes or a corner of your room where you keep your art supplies—it is OK and acceptable— we all have a closet or a chair that helps keep clutter out of sight.

Learn from one another

View your different cleaning habits and lifestyle as an opportunity to adopt some new and positive skills. Your neatnik friend can learn to be more relaxed and not worry about cleanliness 24/7, and you, being the messier partner, can enjoy the excitement of finding nicely ironed shirts in your closet without needing to tear apart the entire room.

Try out these little compromises and the experience will be life-changing for both of you.