Spring brings more than just rain showers that water up and coming flowers. It brings a season of new opportunities and more days to grow.

Because of everything that spring has to offer, I think it is best to do some 'spring cleaning' in my life around this time every year. In some strange way, it is refreshing to just sit back and unpack and declutter everything. It feels good to just prepare myself for a season of sunshine and possibilities waiting to be created by me.

Every week leading up to spring, I mentally prepare for all the growing I am about to do. I try to plan out everything I want and claim everything that will be mine.

I guess the saying is really true: April showers definitely bring May flowers, and it also leaves you with a few things in between.

This spring, I told myself I am ready for all the flowers that are mine to bloom around me and be planted in nothing but success. I speak nothing but success over my life as I enter into a new season where I plan to be intentional with everything I do. Where I plan to get rid of or clean out everything that isn't for me or has nothing to contribute to everything I want to be.

While I still enjoy a fresh new design in my bedroom, I much rather prefer reading a new book or exploring a new place. The greatest thing to ever come out of my "spring cleaning" was recognizing that everything that is supposed to be mine will be. Reorganizing my priorities and what I want to accomplish in life really has eliminated a lot of stress out of my life and created space for everything coming my way.

Preparing for the next season is more than just a to-do list.

Spring cleaning is a dedication to a new season. In some ways, it's allowing the storms from last season to nurture and clear the paths of everything that still is coming my way.