Spring cleaning sounds cute until you’re staring at a closet that hasn’t closed properly since 2021.
We’re not romanticizing it.
We’re not making Pinterest boards.
We’re tackling the stuff that’s quietly stressing you out every single day.
Here are 5 things to clean up this year:
1. Your Mind
Let’s start inside your head because it can get loud in there.
If your brain feels like:
- 47 open tabs
- 3 unfinished arguments
- A mental grocery list you forgot to write down
- Constant background anxiety
It’s time.
Spring clean your mind by:
- Brain dumping everything onto paper (all of it, even the petty stuff)
- Deleting obligations you never actually agreed to
- Saying no to one thing this month
You are not supposed to remember everything for everyone.
Mental clutter is still clutter.
2. Your Phone & Computer
Be honest.
How many screenshots do you have?
How many unopened emails?
How many apps you haven’t touched in a year?
Your phone is basically a junk drawer with WiFi.
This week:
- Delete apps you don’t use.
- Unfollow accounts that make you feel behind in life.
- Clear your camera roll (yes, even the 19 blurry photos of your kid’s elbow).
- Unsubscribe from emails you never read.
Digital clutter is sneaky. It drains you without you realizing it.
Clean it up. Your nervous system will thank you.
3. That Closet. Yes, That One.
You know the one.
The jeans that almost fit.
The “maybe someday” outfits.
The clothes that belonged to a version of you that doesn’t exist anymore.
Here’s your sign:
- If it doesn’t fit your body right now, let it go.
- If you haven’t worn it in a year, let it go.
- If it makes you feel bad when you try it on, let it go.
Your closet should fit your current life, not your past or your “when I finally…”
You deserve clothes that fit the way you are today.
4. Your Kitchen Chaos
Open your pantry.
I’ll wait.
Expired spices from 2018.
Three half-empty cereal boxes.
Mysterious containers in the back of the fridge that could legally qualify as science experiments.
Clean it out.
Not in a “be a better mom” way.
In a “stop making your life harder than it needs to be” way.
Toss expired stuff.
Wipe the shelves.
Create one simple system.
When your kitchen isn’t chaotic, meals feel 10% less overwhelming, and we’ll take any win we can get.
5. Your Schedule
If your calendar makes you anxious just looking at it… that’s your sign.
Spring clean your time:
- Cancel one commitment you resent.
- Stop volunteering for things out of guilt.
- Build in time for hobbies.
You don’t need to earn rest.
You don’t need to prove you’re productive.
Sometimes the mess isn’t your house — it’s your calendar.
The Truth?
Spring cleaning isn’t about becoming a new woman with color-coded bins and a label maker.
It’s about making your life easier.
Clear the closet.
Clear the phone.
Clear the pantry.
Clear your head.
Clear the calendar.
Less chaos.
Less noise.
Less pressure.
More breathing room.
And if all you manage to clean this spring is one junk drawer and your camera roll?
That still counts.