When snow is in the forecast, the best thing to do is bunker down and enjoy a snow day. Yes, you have the whole day to do nothing and enjoy your time, but a snow day also gives you plenty of time to be productive!
The first step for a successful snow day includes those tedious cleaning jobs that you have been avoiding for months. This includes moving all the small trinkets and furniture pieces and thoroughly dusting the surfaces of everything. Yes, this is gross and monotonous, but the end result is a sparkling clean home, or dorm, that you can be proud of.
Once you’re done dusting everything, step two consists of vacuuming. Vacuum all areas with either carpet or rug, and sweep any hard wood floors, laminate, or tile. Some vacuums have an extension that allows you to use them on hardwood floors or laminate floors. These work great when you live in a home with different types of flooring.
Step three is getting your bathroom spotless. Get down on your hands and knees and use that Clorox to disinfect, sparkle and shine that bathroom of yours. Once you’re finished, you will feel so accomplished and happy with yourself, and you will have a beautiful and clean bathroom to enjoy.
Step four includes rifling through old clothes and donating any items that are no longer needed. This is a great opportunity to actually remember what is in your closet and find “lost” articles of clothing that you either forgot you had or thought you lost.
If you really want to get your closet organized, step five includes re-arranging your clothes in color order. This makes it easier for you to pick out your outfit in the morning because you can match colors easily when they are more organized. I like to separate the darker tones into one section, and then separate the lighter more pastel colors into another section. Once they are separated it is easy to maintain, when you hang your clean clothes just put them in the color section where they belong.
Organizing clothes this way also helps you realize how many clothes you have of the same color, or what colors you have little of. I like to make sure I have a couple of shirts in every color, that way if I see a certain style in a magazine I have a similar article of clothing to replicate that style.
Step five gets a little dirty, but is definitely worth it. Cleaning out your refrigerator is disgusting, however, it needs to be done. You will find dried gunk, nasty liquid and old food you forgot about. Throw away all of that garbage and disinfect all the surfaces with a good all-purpose cleaner.
The last step for a successful snow day includes taking a nice long bath or shower if you don’t have a tub. Take a nice, long and relaxing bath and pamper yourself. Make sure your moisturize your whole body afterwards as well. I would also suggest giving yourself a nice manicure and pedicure. This will relax, rejuvenate and revitalize your mind and body.
Follow these six steps for a successful and productive snow day. Just because you have the day off doesn’t mean you have nothing to do. Be productive with your snow days and you will be pleasantly surprised with how accomplished and proud you will feel at the end of the day.
