Q: WHAT IS SPRING-CLEANING, AND WHY DO WE NEED IT?

spring-clean⋅ing    /ˈsprɪŋˈklinɪŋ/
–noun
1. a complete cleaning of a place, as a home, done traditionally in the spring of the year.
2. the activity of giving a place a complete cleaning: We’ve been involved in spring-cleaning and are exhausted.
[Source: Dictionary.com]

It’s spring.

It’s time for cardboard boxes, metaphorical or otherwise, to come out.

It’s time for items no longer used, things no longer needed, objects no longer fancied, to be packed away neatly and to be tucked away.

It’s time for rolls of masking tape, balls of raffia and marker pens to be brandished.

It’s time for a change.

A: Spring-cleaning is an act of prioritising — the gestures of which speak volumes, as much as they have their own purpose. Spring-cleaning is an act of now, not two years ago, two months ago, or even two days ago.