Spring! Everyone is ecstatic and happy when spring is upon us! Trees are green, flowers are blooming, and birds are happily singing, as they finally don’t have to look for warm places to spend the winter in. Taking walks with friends and having coffee outside really improves one’s mood, doesn’t it?! Everything and everyone seem to be happy and perfect. Apart from Apart from our apartments which are craving some cleaning, also known as spring cleaning. Everyone hates it, and that’s okay.

Just thinking about spring cleaning gives me a headache, because I feel like I have never in my life cleaned my place. Even though I dust and vacuum weekly, the place looks like a mess every spring. regardless of why this is like that, and regardless of my headache, getting over with spring cleaning quickly is a great solution, probably the best there is. Getting well organized and getting as much help as you can from your family or friends, is also of essence, especially is you can just sit and boss around.

Well, first comes (if we don’t count the dreadful days of psychological preparations) the role distribution. If you have kids, let them know that they have to take care of their rooms or room. You don’t want to spend a day going through their toys deciding which one to throw away. You can help them with deciding what to do with their clothing. If they are old enough, you can also assign bathroom cleaning to them. If they are not, keep them away from chemicals. Also, if they are mature enough, cleaning of the kitchen can the their task. If not, make them take out the garbage, or something else easy you detest doing.

Once the roles are assigned to each member of the family, the big day can start. Find appropriate music, which will energize everyone, and make sure the cleaning related food is prepared. Cleaning related food is nothing heavy. Fresh fruit and vegetables (very appropriate since it’s spring!) are great, because they energize, as well as freshly squeezed juices. Forget about fried meat, fries, or snacks. They’ll just make you lazy and sleepy, which are great excuses to not finish the spring cleaning until the summer ends.

Make sure you clean all the rooms first, and save the bathroom to be cleaned last. You’ll be walking in and out of the bathroom constantly, and will make a mess there, so there’s no sense in cleaning it before everything else is finished. People generally have one great issue during spring cleaning, and that is clothes. There is no need to keep any piece of clothing you haven’t worn over a year. Don’t just throw it away, make sure it gets to people who need it and want to wear it.

With a relatively big house, spring cleaning can be done in a weekend, if everyone takes part equally. As long as there’s will, the atmosphere will be better and more positive, and this can actually be a nice family gathering (minus the fancy lunch and presents). Make sure your whole family realizes that the house is their place as well, and that they need to clean it.

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