As you may know, spring represents renewal and growth, therefore, spring cleaning is a sub-category of the season itself; Letting go of the old and the yesterday and inviting in the new and the fresh. The practice of spring cleaning is often a rewarding one as it helps the cleaner declutter and rejuvenate. And, while the process usually refers to deep cleaning the home, you can also use the values to spring clean your mind.
Juggling the stresses of every day can often make you feel heavy, depressed, and dissatisfied with life. Gradually, you may start to find yourself merely existing instead of truly living. But the thing is, you only have this one life to live, and you deserve to enjoy it. Therefore, you need to clean your mind and start enjoying your life.
Top 8 Ways to Spring Clean Your Mind
- Declutter your Thoughts with Positive Affirmations: Make it a habit to recite positive affirmations every day, several times a day. Plant those seeds of positivity so that newness will grow.
- Mindful Juggling: you may have kids, school, work, a business, extracurricular activities, and household management juggling all at once, and of course, you are expected to master it all. This is when you must become a mindful juggler; assign days and times for everything on your list, delegate chores, take mini breaks, and don’t beat yourself up if you don’t get everything done.
- Start Journaling: Get your thoughts down on paper, set your goals, write down your feelings, and self-reflect.
- Go to Bed: Sleeping does the mental health good, therefore you should make sure you are not over-working yourself and strive to get at least 7 hours of sleep every night.
- Limit your Social Media Time: Studies have shown that excessive social media time can increase the likelihood of depression and anxiety, this is often caused by comparing oneself to online “friends” and exposure to negative content. Therefore, you should try to limit your social media time and block content that brings up negative emotions.
- Schedule in some Fun: In between juggling work, school, kids, and home, you need to schedule in some selfish fun time. Fun time can be as little as monthly facials to something bigger like a couple’s vacation with just you and your partner. Scheduled Fun time is often a break from the monotony and gives you something to look forward to, which can rejuvenate the mind.
- Sing, dance, and laugh out loud: nothing makes the mind fresher than singing dancing, and laughing out loud. Even if you suck at the first two and even if there is nothing funny going on, do it anyway, your mind will thank you and your mood will too.
- Practice Mindfulness: Meditating is the easiest way to practice mindfulness, you can take as little as five minutes out of your every day to clear your mind; breathe in deeply, connect with the universe, and stay present.
The practice of spring cleaning your mind takes time to master, so just be patient and consistent with your efforts and have fun on your journey to rejuvenating your mind.