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Home Decluttering Hacks

Call it spring cleaning, Marie Kondo-ing or just taking time to focus on our mental health and wellbeing: decluttering our spaces doesn’t just help us get organized; it also brings clarity and order to our lives. Here's some great mental wellbeing and cleaning advice to try when you have spare time on your hands:

Decluttering 101: Where To Start

Decluttering can be overwhelming. The key: break down your spring cleaning into small manageable tasks. Getting your home in order shouldn’t make you feel tense. So for your own mental wellbeing, here’s our advice on how to clean effectively and stress-free:

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Take a Social Media Detox

Feel like you're getting way too many notifications on your phone? Think about how many email lists you've accidentally signed up for over the years. And how many apps on your phone have notifications turned on? You don’t have to delete your favorite apps to enjoy a social media detox: just turn off the notifications, so you don’t get constant distractions and can refocus your mind on your mental health and wellbeing, or work on your goals and to-do lists.

Decluttering your phone is just as important as decluttering your home.

Delete contacts you don’t need, and rename the ones you misspelled in a hurry. Get rid of dubious selfies and blurry landscape shots.

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Top Tips for Organizing Shelves

Whether you've got a bookcase or decorative floating shelves, spare an afternoon to make them look their best. Book magnet? Organize your collection by genre or author. And if you covet an Insta-worthy space, you could even color-code for a rainbow look.

Need cleaning help for your packed bathroom shelf ASAP? Up your shelf game and dig out those fancy toiletries you’ve been saving. There’s no time like now to pamper yourself...

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Organizing Drawers and Wardrobes

Is it time to finally tackle those junk drawers? We all have one (or, um, two)... Those drawers that turn into a tangle of rubber bands, paper clips, coins, receipts, travel adaptors and charging cables? So annoying. Now’s the time to tackle them for good. Got a drawer packed with totally random, homeless stuff? We won't judge. Take some time to clear it out: use those paper clips, label some folders and get papers organized. How about we do closets next? The first (and easiest) thing you should do: finally ditch odd socks that have lost their mates forever. Got little kids? Give 'em the pile of singles to make sock puppets! Since you finally have the hang of Marie Kondo folding, it's a good time to go through all your clothes and see what can be upcycled, recycled, or given to charity.

How to Clean Your Car

Done with all that home decluttering? Got a car? Now's the time for a deep clean. It's the perfect chance to get some fresh air and get the fam involved too. Chuck all the trash, vacuum it out and wipe everything down. When you're done with the inside, wash and polish the outside.