AVEENO Beautiful Change Challenge #3 – Spring Cleaning

Happy Spring Everyone! I don’t know about you, but every Spring I get this overwhelming desire to clean house, de-clutter, throw away/donate unused stuff, and organize my life. Today was that kind of day for me, I felt an amazing rush of energy this morning when I woke up and was thankful that today was going to be my Beautiful Change Challenge #3: A Day of Spring Cleaning. I felt exhilarated and ready to conquer my closets and bathroom one section at a time. It’s now midnight as I write this post, and I am finally settling down after cleaning out: 5 closets, 8 drawers, 1 pantry and 5 bags of discarded stuff later! Whew, that feels SO good!

Here are my rules of thumb for de-cluttering and Spring Cleaning:

• When in doubt, get RID of it!
• If it doesn’t fit, get RID of it!
• Try on EVERYTHING! You might be surprised by what fits, what doesn’t and what just doesn’t look good anymore
• An added bonus of cleaning out your closet is that sometimes you rediscover clothes that you forgot about and it’s like going shopping in your own closet for FREE-I love this part!
• If you haven’t worn something in the past year, you probably never will, time to say Sayanora!
• Try to organize your clothes in a way that makes sense to you, I tend to group my clothes by colors because I think it looks pretty & makes it easy to find what I am looking for
• Move your heavier/warmer winter clothes to storage to make room for Spring & Summer Fashions (lots of color this season BTW)
• If you haven’t used a beauty product in the last 6 months, get RID of it!
• If something smells less than optimal, get RID of it!
• FYI Your mascara should be replaced every 3 months
• Consider switching up your skin & hair care regimen every six months-I personally think Aveeno has great affordable products that really work & you might want to consider trying one of their new products this season
• De-clutter one drawer or section at a time so that you don’t get overwhelmed
• Consider having a Yard Sale with your discarded items to earn some extra $$ or donate to a local charity, it’s tax deductible

So what are you waiting for? Hop to it, out with the old & in with the new, and welcome the possibilities!

I’d love you to come back next week for my Beautiful Change Challenge #4: Making A Conscious Effort To Be More Peaceful

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