While spring is generally the season reserved for “the big clean,” deep cleaning your house before winter is equally important. Let’s face it, with the warm weather and clear skies of the summer, you’ve likely neglected a few essential housecleaning tasks over the last few months in favor of spending time outdoors. I don’t blame you! Fresh air is good for your mind and body. However, as the weather cools down and you begin to spend more time inside, you’ll want to have a fresh, clean home to cuddle up in and pass the next few months. Here’s everything you should include in the great fall houseclean and why you shouldn’t neglect these areas.
7 Ways to Declutter Your Life and Curb Stress
Everyone experiences those days where you just feel off. You forgot your wallet at home; the dog escaped the fence, you didn’t have time for a healthy breakfast, so you stopped and got a donut. Days like this are inevitable. It is impossible to avoid the woes of life and keep everything running smoothly 100% of the time. However, if you constantly feel overwhelmed, disorganized, stressed, and out of control, it is time to take action. All it takes is a few hours of dedicated effort to completely declutter your life and reduce stress.
11 Things in Your Home You Should Throw Away Right Now
Admit it. We all have those forgotten baskets under the bed, the closet bursting at the seams with unworn clothes from your college days or the full shelves lining your garage that are home to once-used camping gear or a random assortment of exercise equipment. Clutter isn’t just a physical issue that takes up space and makes your home seem disorganized; those strange odds and ends can quickly affect your mental state as well. Having unneeded items can bring feelings of guilt and inadequacy that can begin to hamper productivity make it harder to reach your goals. Here are a few things that you should throw away right now.