spring cleaning
not just for your home
There’s no doubt about it, accomplishing a good spring clean is a feeling incomparable to anything else. While it can be a hassle, and
often physically and mentally strenuous, spring cleaning also leaves you feeling refreshed, renewed, and energized to tackle new things!
So, why not extend these positive feelings to the rest of your life? Here are a few things you should consider spring cleaning beyond your
home! - Text by Zakiya Kassam
Your Inbox
Start with your junk folder, then move to your inbox, and unsubscribe to anything
and everything that is irrelevant to you. Also clean out all those folders that are jampacked with things that were “important” to save ten years ago.
Toxic Relationships
Humans are creatures of
habit, which is why we
tend to hold on to people
even when they no longer
bring value to our lives.
But the fact remains:
toxic relationships drain
your energy and are
detrimental to your mental
well being. It’s normal
and natural to outgrow
relationships, so be
honest with yourself and
decide who you want in
your life on a daily basis.
No need to cut people
out entirely, but just be
cognizant of who you are
spending time with or
talking to daily and how
these relationships are
affecting you.
Your Phone
Get rid of apps you don’t use anymore, or that hinder your
productivity. And while you’re at it, go through your contact
list and delete people you no longer speak to. Do it as a
way to free up some memory, if nothing else.
Your Closet
Giving up that off-the-shoulder Michael
Jackson tee you wore on the first day of
grade nine is hard, I know, and sometimes
there are sentimental reasons as to why
you’re keeping certain articles of clothing.
Maybe you were wearing that same tee
the day your high school sweetheart first
talked to you, or maybe you just really
love Michael Jackson, but at a certain
point it’s important to realize that you’ll
still have those sentimental memories
even after that t-shirt has died and gone
to t-shirt heaven. Donate old clothes to
charity, pass them down to family and
friends, or cut them up and use them as
rags to clean the tub with. If you’re having
trouble determining which clothes to keep
and which to donate, try the hanger trick.
Face all of your hangers one way and
then every time you wear an item, flip the
hanger the opposite way. At the end of a
predetermined period of time – perhaps a
month or two – whichever hangers haven’t
been flipped, are the items that need to go.