It’s getting to be the time of year when we all start thinking about spring cleaning.
It can pay off big time, too. Not only will you get the satisfaction of making your house just that much neater and tidier, but you could also find something valuable that you’ve misplaced.
Photo by Patrick Talbert
A woman in Australia found out she won the lottery when she cleaned up her desk and found a lottery ticket from last September. Taking a few minutes to tidy up netted her a sweet 2.5 million dollars! Talk about making decluttering worth it, eh?
Ito of Clutterbrained found $200 while cleaning up earlier this year.
I found a $50 Canadian Tire gift card that had fallen behind a table when I was decluttering this weekend.
Spring cleaning is a great time to declutter. Everyone talks about it, so there’s lots of encouragement to do it. Stores hold sales on traditional spring cleaning items (brooms, cleaning sprays, garbage/recycling bins, books about decluttering and cleaning, etc.) so you can get some good deals. Just be sure to watch that you don’t buy extra things just because they are on sale. Remember, you’re decluttering, not adding new things into your home.
What’s the most awesome thing you’ve found while cleaning up?
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I found my birth certificate at the bottom of a box-o-junk the other day. :-P
My photos from the exchange program I joined in Langhorne, PA from a long time ago. It brought back amazing memories!
A photo of my grandpa as a young boy. I put it up in a frame now, so it won’t be lost again.
The last time that I cleaned my home office I found a 20.00 bill, and 3 2.00 winning lottery tickets.