Doom Boxes. The place where the forgotten things live. You know, those boxes we keep to hide the clutter when unexpected guests come over or when we're too overwhelmed to deal with it.

Today, we're going to talk about a common phenomenon that most of us experience every week. It honestly creeps up on you and you probably don’t even realize it. By the time that this feeling reaches you, you don’t realize that it’s slowly been working its way into the front of your thoughts. In fact, you might have already had this feeling happen in the last few days.

It’s the Sunday Scaries.

It can also be helpful to break the decluttering process into small, manageable steps. You can start by decluttering one room at a time or by tackling one category of items, such as clothes or books. This can make the process feel less overwhelming and more achievable.

My pursuit of perfection cannot get in the way of teaching my kids. I have to say that this is something that I’m working on. Letting go of the weight of carrying the home chores on my shoulders. It’s good to work together as a team. It’s good to feel like we’re accomplishing something together.

Today, I’m sharing tips and tricks on how to tackle spring cleaning, from decluttering to organizing all the way to deep cleaning. I’ll also give insight on how to give your home a total peace makeover with our sponsor: Create Peaceful Spaces: Spring Cleaning Challenge! Head to: https://www.chelseaumberger.com/springcleaning to learn more and sign up for our Walkthrough Webinar! When you sign up you’ll also get my Last Minute Hosting Guide for free!

The simplest days start with the simplest mornings.

So you need a deep cleaning checklist, eh? Well here’s mine!

If you read my last post about creating peaceful spaces you’d know that we’re in the process as a family of establishing routines that are nourishing to our hearts, souls, and minds. To be honest, it’s been difficult to really jump in an organize my pantry in a way that I really wanted to. Call it … organizational apathy, maybe?

Since becoming a mother, I’ve realized that for my kids, I truly am the thermostat to set the peacefulness in my home. Working in tandem with Evan, we are the peacemakers of our home.