Declutter & Bloom: Spring Cleaning for a Healthier Mind and Home

Written By Annie Belott, M.Ed
 
 

Can you feel it in the air!? The weather is changing, the snow has disappeared, breaks from work and school are on the horizon – and those “spring cleaning” ads are increasing by the day!

Though the thought of doing a spring clean in your household may feel like just another chore that needs to be crossed off your list, the benefits of organizing your environment – whether it be a bedroom, kitchen, storage unit, or simply organizing your family’s documents – has proven to reduce stress, improve overall mental wellbeing and grant control back in our lives.

Declutter your environment = declutter your mind!

Improvements in your Zzz’s

Disorganization in your bedroom can be one of the main causes of losing out on effective, recharging sleep – which will directly impact our day-to-day function.
With the focus of an organized sleep space, you are creating an environment to reduce anxiety, decrease overstimulation and encourage groundedness and relaxation – making you well-equipped to tackle the busy day ahead!

Productivity in Full Bloom

Clutter can be perceived by our brains as an immediate stressor, creating an unwanted increase in physical and mental overstimulation.
Visual or physical clutter can decrease focus, increase mental overwhelm, and impact cortisol levels, which heightens our stress levels to the bloomteenth level.
Striving for clutter-free spaces will help shift our brain and bodies out of “fight or flight” mode, into “full-bloom-ahead” mode – allowing us to tackle and complete the to-do list ahead!

Spring Other Habits into Motion

Prioritizing organization and order in your life can sprout momentum to establish other good habits to help decrease daily stressors – meal planning, self-care, exercise, sleep hygiene.
Engaging in healthy habits has a direct correlation in reducing the harmful effects of stress and increasing energy, mood and focus!

Internal, and external, clutter can leave us with feelings of heaviness, overwhelm and lack of motivation. By prioritizing organization and decluttering of your physical spaces, you can directly decrease those “sprouty” cortisol levels and increase your mood, focus and balance on what matters most – so, let’s turnip the noise on spring cleaning this month!

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Annie Belott, M.Ed

With over nine years of experience working in academia, including university settings, Annie has worked with various student populations including individuals with disabilities, first-generation students, and student-athletes. She focuses on strategies to improve upon time management, procrastination, test anxiety, self-testing, learning styles, etc.

From 2016 to 2020, Annie worked as a Learning Skills Specialist at Georgetown University. Here she oversaw the implementation of academic support services to all students on campus, specifically individual consultations with students seeking assistance with their study habits, tutoring for foreign languages, and study skills workshops/webinars.

Annie has worked for Life Solved since the Fall of 2017 and recently transitioned to a full-time position with the company. She continues to work with students from middle school through the collegiate level to improve upon their organizational systems, test-taking and self-testing strategies, and help students create effective study schedules to make workloads manageable.

Annie has a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Salisbury University and a Master’s degree in Multicultural Special Education from the University of Texas at Austin.

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