Does the bleakness of gray winter days get you down? Do you find yourself looking longingly through the windows of your home wishing that all of the gray would turn to blue skies and the sun would warm everything up so that you can enjoy life outside again? Winter can produce depression and a sense of being stuck in place, but there are things that you can do that can both help your mental state of mind and improve your life at the same time.
For millions of people around the world, winter usually means spending more time indoors due to excessive cold weather, wind and snow. Why not make the most of it by getting organized and cleaning your house from top to bottom. Some people might call this ‘spring cleaning,’ but you don’t need to wait for that season to get started. Besides, once spring rolls around, the last thing you may want to do is cleaning. And if you clean during the winter, when spring comes, you ll already be done!
So take those winter doldrums and turn them into a clean house. How? It’s simple. Start by selecting one room and decide to clean it from top to bottom. If you choose a bedroom, start by stripping the linens from the bed and washing them. Flip the mattress so that your body will appreciate the comfort of a new, firmer feel. Then work your way through the room on step at a time.
Dressers, desks, and closets are places that we usually neglect when it comes to organization, especially within our own bedrooms. After all, our bedroom is usually where only our closest or most intimate friends and acquaintances are invited.
During the winter months, the sun doesn’t shine as bright as it does during the summer, so make sure that while you’re cleaning you open the blinds or the curtains fully. This will let as much light into your room as possible and subsequently make you feel much more lively and energized. It also keeps you in contact with the natural vitamin D source sunlight.
When you become more active during these relatively inactive months of the year, it spreads to other aspects of your life as well. Energy begets energy, as the adage goes. When you begin to clean one room, then you will want to do the other rooms as well. Just don’t start on another room until the previous one is finished. That can lead to frustration when it seems like you’re not getting anywhere.
Before you finish one room and move to another, don’t forget to vacuum the floors. All the dust that you’ve kicked up will settle in the carpet on along the baseboards, waiting for the next breeze to kick back up.
You’ll find that your winter doldrums flee from you when you start cleaning and you’ll feel much better about the season as a whole.
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