Spring Cleaning
Spring has arrived! The start of a new season brings the opportunity to reset, restart, and refocus. So why not apply this mindset to your home, your workspace, and even your everyday life? It’s important for us to clean and get rid of the old and welcome the new. So how do you go about SPRING CLEANING in all areas of your life?
Read on to look at what SPRING-CLEANING looks like to me and how It’s possible to achieve this inside your home, personally, and professionally.
A new season is here let’s get rid of everything (jk) don’t do that, let’s just liven up the place. A few simple things that can get your house ready for spring at minimum cost.
Home
Dust and clean those baseboards, because you don’t realize how much dust accumulates there and once it’s gone how much lighter your home might look and feel.
Change out your curtains. You can purchase new curtains that aren’t so dark and that will welcome the outside light.
Purchase a new comforter/duvet set. Since spring has arrived you may want something of lighter weight that makes the room look different by switching up the color or design.
Change your kitchen towels, sponges, and dishcloths to switch up the color or design you don’t realize how much something so small can make a difference.
Change the color scheme in your bathrooms. Get new rugs, washcloths, towels, and shower curtains if you’re lucky enough not to have glass doors. Purchase a few artificial plants and watch you be wowed at how they liven up the room. I’ve linked some similar to the ones in my two bathrooms. Mini Bathroom Plants
Purchase a few throw pillows for the couch to add a burst of new color into your living room. I think this year I’ll go green, the sage green color is my favorite right now. These pillows will be some new light to my couch. Sage Green Throw Pillows
Purge your winter clothes and get rid of things that you know you aren’t going to wear again. The Goodwills are always accepting donations (it’s a tax write-off).
Winter is gone and hopefully that means we are finish with the snow. Now that the sun is out longer hopefully your moods will improve and your productivity will increase.
Personally
Reach out to someone who’s been on your mind that you just haven’t had time to call.
Do some self-care activities to help you reset. Daylights saving took me out this year. But to help me relax I’ll go to Solange Beauty Bar for a nice mini facial. (She’s located in West Philadelphia and her IG is @solangebeauty__)
Go through your email and delete things that you no longer need, the coupon code that expired, the newsletter you never opened, the flight promotion that ended. Delete it ALL.
Take some time to go through your shoes thoroughly, get rid of the ones you refuse to wear, that hurt your feet, get rid of the ones that were gifts that you know you’ll never wear, and get rid of those dingy flip flops you been holding on to from last summer.
Go through your sock drawer/ basket and the ones without a match, with a hole, with the bleach stain… Sis it’s time to let them go.
Call your car insurance company and ask them are there any discounts that you qualify for? For those that are working remotely make sure to mention that you’d be surprised by the discount you receive. Lastly, ask them to run your new driver score but only if you haven’t had any accidents or speeding tickets lately. I recently called and saved about $100.00 a month from discounts that I qualified for that weren’t on my account.
Professionally
Go through your work email and answer those emails that you’ve never responded to.
Delete all the newsletter emails that no longer serve you.
Review your benefits, increase what you need and decrease what you don’t need.
Make sure your beneficiary information for your place of employment is up to date.
Get rid of the work clothes that no longer suit you.
This is just a small list of the things that I have done in honor of the spring season. These little changes will allow for a new look the home, more space the closet, and some savings that you can spend on good eats. Hopefully at least one item on this list helps you to spring forward this season.
What are some things that you do for SPRING-CLEANING?
