EP 178 // Simplified Spring Cleaning Tips to Reduce Stress So You Can Enjoy Your Summer Outdoors or Gardening and Less Time Indoors Cleaning for Busy Families

Hello Friend

I know you are looking forward to summer and if you want to spend most of your days outside instead of cleaning inside, you are going to want to do these steps now so you have less stress when summer comes!  When you simplify your  Spring cleaning system, you will feel less overwhelmed and more at peace. 

There was a time when I felt that I was wasting so much time always cleaning, but that was before I simplified my life.  It felt like a never ending cycle of cleaning one area and by the time I got to all the areas, I needed to clean the area I started with again and it was exhausting!  I am not a type A person, so I’m always random because I always want to fit the most important part of my life first and I don’t want God or my family to just get leftovers.  

As my life gets fuller and fuller with a larger family with more Grandkids, I want to spend time with them and not time cleaning and keeping up on the house and I bet you understand this as well!

You have to make a plan and what it is that you really want to get done.  This is a big deal!  When you plan your time and add it to your calendar, you are bound to get alot more done!  Even 15 minutes at a time will help you get ahead!

Next, start decluttering.  When you have less items to manage, you have less mental stress and less you have to keep up on, so I want you to start with one room of your house and eliminate anything you do not use.  This may take a little bit of time, but I promise you, it will be worth it in the end!  What a game changer it is to have to clean less because you have less to organize and manage!  Once summer comes, you can be outside without having to waste time in the house cleaning or organizing!

Next, reduce what you clean with.  I only use a few items for cleaning and this reduces overwhelm in having to keep up on what you have on hand so it keeps cleaning simple and also saves money!  We have a multipurpose spray that we use for most of the cleaning, some toilet bombs, and vinegar with essential oils which covers almost everything!!!!!  If you want the recipes for the DIY cleaners, I will leave the link in the show notes!  I also have other simple items on that you might like as well!  Enjoy! 

If  you don’t have a roomba,  I suggest putting it in your budget when you can get it -we don’t have animals in our house, but it is works incredibly well.  I have an app and have it scheduled for times it works for our family and it just automatically runs!  It doesn’t get everything, but saves me from having to dust or mop the floors more than a few times a year or if it gets soiled!

I like to go through my clothes, cupboards and bathroom every Spring to just eliminate anything I don’t need.  It doesn’t take me very long because after Christmas, I like to purge as much as I can too, so it is just a matter of seeing if there is anything you haven’t used or won’t use for the summer season.  

I spend most of our time outside, with family or at our cabin in the summer if it works, so I don’t do any purging, decluttering or organizing usually until Fall, and that is usually a quick declutter of canning and preserving items and getting the summer clothes swapped out for our winter clothes.  With less stuff, there is so much less cleaning and you can spend time doing what you love and being outdoors!  So much less stress!

Blessings!

Monica

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