Spring Cleaning

Clothes strewn haphazardly around the room, moving dangerously close your roommates “side”. Shoes get tripped over instead of staying neatly tucked under your bed. Dresser drawers no longer close due to the amount of miscellaneous clutter occupying them. The laughably tiny closet is now a colossal mess that turns finding an outfit a bigger battle than even Harry Potter has faced.

Sound familiar?

            As the spring semester winds down, the chaos in college lives climbs. Rooms are no longer save havens, but another added stressor. This is where the ever-looming task of spring cleaning comes in. Don’t avoid it like the weird person who keeps hitting on you at a party. It only takes 4 simple spring cleaning tips to turn your room into a place you actually want to return to after an all-nighter in the library.

 1.  Clean out your closet.

The most daunting task. Take an hour out of the time you spend watching Hulu and clean your closet. Now that the sunshine has come out it’s time to get rid of those bulky sweaters taking up space. Save the bags from your next inevitable Wal-Mart trip and empty your winter clothing into them. When you go home this weekend for Easter or Passover (and most people are) bring those bags and let your parents take care of them. This will not only clear room for those shorts you’re itching to show off, but it will also make less to pack at the end of the year.

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      2.   Tackle your dresser.

Do the same thing as the closet and clear out whatever you aren’t wearing. From my experience, though, I’ve learned that dressers usually don’t get filled with many new things. They get continuously less organized. Take everything out of your drawers and simply fold it. When you moved in you put everything in them neatly. Do that again. Your dresser will automatically be tidy and you can actually wear that free t-shirt you forgot about.

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      3.   Dust and sanitize.

It’s about the time to clean that sticky layer of spilled coffee and soda off your desk. The TV now has a lovely coating of dust that gets in the way when you’re trying to watch Tina Fey’s beautiful face on 30 Rock. That’s where these Pledge wipes come into play. They are the easiest way to dust and sanitize at once. If you use one a week they will last you for 25 weeks (a school year is 30) and that’ll only set you back $3.88. Invest in these.

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      4.   Vacuum.

Getting rid of those pizza crumbs imbedded into your rug can be a huge cleanser. At my college there is a communal vacuum in every dorm that residents can borrow at any point. If that is not the case, I feel certain that one person in your dorm owns a vacuum that you could borrow if you ask nicely enough. (And if so please empty the vacuum before you return it.)

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          So there’s four simple tips to help you out. We all know with finals coming up we need to do everything possible to make life even a little more organized.


Jenna Danzig
Campus Collegiate