National Clean Your Room Day falls on May 10, 2020, and is the perfect time for anyone working from home or the office to self-start some healthy spring cleaning to ensure the place you likely spend a fair amount of your day is healthy, safe, and productive.
Celebrating National Clean Your Room Day 2020
National Clean Your Room Day traces its roots back to the origins of spring cleaning--a practice that became common in U.S. households in the 1800s.
Each spring, residents would remove the layers of soot throughout their home left by fireplaces and rudimentary heating systems over the winter.
A planned spring cleaning event has several advantages for the home or the office, including:
- Helping procrastinators finally get rid of all that clutter and knock out the critical tasks they've been putting off by providing them with a firm deadline.
- A clean and clutter-free working and living environment has been shown to increase the occupant's sense of wellbeing, concentration, health, focus, and overall happiness, and;
- Decluttering provides us with the opportunity to appreciate how fortunate we are as we sift through all of our unused possessions and allows us to expand our happiness and wellbeing through acts of gratitude and charity by donating or repurposing unused items, or recycling old junk.
To get the most out of National Clean Your Room Day, or any spring cleaning event:
- Get everyone involved - If you're currently working from home, get your roommates or family members moving and focused on healthy cleaning and decluttering activities. If you're in an office, have everyone tidy up their desks, offices, and cubes, then have the whole team pitch in for the common areas, like kitchens and break rooms.
- Redecorate - Redecorating your home, office, or home office can help you increase productivity and creativity by removing distractions and improving efficiency by reorganizing the way you move around your desk, office, or wherever. This will also give you the opportunity to move and clean behind and under furniture and electronic equipment, and;
- Celebrate - Now, more than ever, is a time for celebrating our good fortune, in that we possess the ability to positively impact and control aspects of our lives that can improve our personal health, as well as the lives and health of those around us.
How to Participate and Celebrate
Spring cleaning is healthy and can be fun for everyone.
- Start by getting rid of the trash, eliminating clutter, and relocating, repurposing, or recycling unused paper and other items so they are out of your home or office.
- Move furniture away from the walls and computer equipment off of desks.
- Dust everything, high to low, and give the walls a good wipe down with a damp microfiber towel.
- Dust and wipe down all horizontal surfaces with a damp microfiber towel.
- Sweep, vacuum, and dust the floors or carpets and rugs.
- Clean the windows inside and out, where possible, as well as the screens, and use the opportunity to clean any blinds, drapes, or shades as well.
- Open the windows and doors and allow fresh air to flow through your home or office as much as possible to reduce humidity and improve indoor air quality.
- Once everything has been cleaned and wiped down, disinfect desks, technology, tables, chairs, and other equipment with an EPA Safer Choice or EWG certified multipurpose cleaner and disinfectant.
- Once everything is dry, arrange your home and office furniture and equipment to allow for easy and free movement, but in a way that doesn't distract you while you're working, and;
- Studies have shown that live plants help maintain high-quality indoor air while stimulating the mind in a relaxing manner that aligns with productivity and creativity, so strongly consider placing live plants around your workspace.
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Takeaway
Even during these trying times, we can all take part in a celebration of our ability to contribute to the greater good, look to the future, and positively impact our lives and the lives of those around us by making our working and living spaces healthier and happier.
Clean Your Room Day and spring cleaning, in general, are perfect times to initiate and participate in healthy actions that will lead to positive outcomes in the future.
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