20 Ways to Spring Clean Your Life
Spring gives us an opportunity for renewal and growth. Spring clean your life to make room for positive changes.
Spring cleaning is not just for your home. The shift in the season is an opportunity to reflect and refresh all areas of your life. Take time to check in with yourself, your habits, your relationships, and your personal goals to make room for growth.
20 Ways to Spring Clean Your Life
1. Reflect and refresh your routines
Review your daily routines and habits to take inventory of what is working and what you could improve or change to be healthier, happier, and more productive.
2. Set new goals
Check-in with your yearly goals and see what you have accomplished and what areas you want to work on this season.
3. Clean out your closet
Organize your closet and swap out winter clothes for spring clothes. Donate anything that doesn’t fit or you don’t wear.
4. Put together spring outfits
After you organize your closet take some time to shop your closet and put together a few go-to spring outfits that make you feel confident.
5. Make spring recipes
In spring we start to crave lighter fresher recipes. Shop for in-season fruits and veggies, at the farmer’s market, or sign up for a local CSA. Try out a few healthy spring recipes.
6. Repair broken things around the house
Look around and see what needs to be fixed or tossed.
7. Declutter your space
Do you have a junk drawer or space in your home? Declutter and organize it to make it useful.
8. Schedule self-care
Stress takes a toll on our bodies, mind, and health. Having a self-care practice can reduce stress and have positive effects on your energy, health, and happiness. Take time to schedule weekly self-care to be able to show up as your best self.
9. Get outside
Take advantage of the warmer weather and spend time outside each day. Drink your coffee outside, take your movement outside, eat lunch on a patio, go for a daily walk, try a bike ride, or try out a new activity.
10. Clean your digital life
Clear out your inbox, delete old files, organize your photos, unsubscribe from email lists you no longer read, and delete unused apps.
11. Start a garden
Plant a vegetable, flower, or herb garden.
12. Deep clean your house
The traditional spring cleaning. Turn on some good music and give your home a deep clean. You can do it all in a day or two or break it up into small tasks that you complete one item each day. A clean space will put you in a good mood!
13. Give a room a spring refresh
Give a room in your home a spring refresh with seasonal colors and accessories. Rearrange the furniture, and add nature elements and spring colors like a colorful throw or pillows.
14. Freshen up your houseplants
Clean the dust off leaves, give them fertilizer, and repot any plants that have outgrown their current pot.
15. Update your beauty and skincare
Go through your makeup skincare and toss anything expired and revamp your routine for the spring season.
16. Clean your brushes
Clean your hair and makeup brushes
17. Book a summer trip
Time to start dreaming and planning a summer trip to look forward to.
18. Review your finances
Spring is a good time to check on your spending habits and financial goals. It is an opportunity to make a budget or start saving for a trip.
19. Declutter your mental space
Take some time to journal, do a brain dump, meditate, or practice mindfulness. Let go of negative thoughts, and things you can’t control, and focus on the good things in your life.
20. Connect with a friend, spouse, or family member
Think about the important people in your life and how they contribute to your happiness and well-being. Set up quality time to spend with the people who brighten up your day.
Take what you need and share with friends or family who can use a little spring reset in their life too.
