10. De-cluttering your household and donating to charity

Basically, you should start your cleaning by de-cluttering, sorting and organizing your closet, furniture and books. If you donate some of those items that you don’t need any more they’ll find a new lifestyle somewhere else. Once the clutter is out of your way, you can now start your spring cleaning.

9. Pack away the winter clothes

You should wash your winter clothing and store them in breathable cotton bags and place them on top of cupboards or wardrobes. Meaning, you should avoid those plastic bags that attract dust and condensation. Unpaired pantyhose and cinnamon sticks are good options as compared to moth balls.

8. Cleaning your oven

Although this is one of the things that most people hate doing, your oven needs to be cleaned after going through all those winter roasts. Besides, the old oven cleaning techniques, you should try using a mixture of bicarb soda and water. You can spread the paste in the oven and leave it overnight. You will achieve amazing results when you wipe the paste off the following morning.

7. Cleaning the fridge

When cleaning the kitchen you should start by cleaning the cupboards and the fridge. Use a toothbrush and vinegar in reaching all the crooks and crannies of your fridge. You should also make sure that you discard all items that are past their expiry dates. A vacuum cleaner with a hose will help you in removing the lint in the condenser of your refrigerator coils so as to avoid overheating. Deodorize and remove the nasty smells from your refrigerator.

6. Preparing the air conditioning unit

Go over the unit with the brush attached to your vacuum, when vacuum cleaning the unit. You should also wash the filter and dry it before reinstalling it back.

5. Freshening the curtains and pillows

You can only avoid allergens and dust mites by freshening up your curtains, rags, carpets and even pillows. This will also help prolong their lifespan and keep them looking as good as new. You ought to release the pleats because they trap a lot of dust. You can use wool wash or Euco fresh in spring cleaning your pillows for perfect results. Dry them properly before putting them back.

4. Cleaning your blinds

Use a dump sponge in wiping your wooden blinds. You can also use non-corrosive cleaners in wiping your Aluminum blinds on slanting surfaces. Dry them thoroughly to avoid rusting before putting them back.

3. Getting rid of dust

You should use the force of gravity in spring cleaning your rooms from top to bottom. You can unscrew your bulbs and use a microfiber cloth in wiping them. You should start your cleaning from walls to skirting boards and flooring in that order. While you are at it, you should also check your smoke alarms too.

2. Washing the windows

Since you need that natural light flooding your living room through the windows, you have to clean the windows late in the day when the sun rays are not striking the glass hard. This is very important because the strong sunlight will cause streaking on your glass due to quick drying. Moreover, squeegees are more preferable to using cloth or paper towel. In other words, you ought to be careful to avoid damaging your glass as you clean for spring.

1. Steam cleaning the carpets, lounges and rugs

Upholstery and carpets can accumulate dirt, bacteria or even dust during the winter season. Hence, if they are not cleaned adequately in preparation for the spring months, they might end up being unhygienic and unsightly.

9. Ambulophobia: The fear of walking or standing! Imagine the implications of having such a fear. How to you go about life without standing or walking! Of course you can’t travel in motorized chair all the time. Well, I guess people suffering from such a fear have to face the fear or are forced to face it.

8. Cibophobia: The fear of food, how do these people live or do they even live? When analyzing the situation there can be two options, either they starve themselves to death or face the fear every time they take a spoon full of rice in their mouth.

7. Epistemophobia: This is sad but people do suffer from such fears, the fear of knowledge. Imagine no school, no education and no work. If you even face the fear and learn then you might not be able to comprehend well.  Your cognition will not allow you to learn with such a fear.

6. Acousticophobia: The fear of sound, including ones own sound. How can a person live a normal life with such a fear? Do such people even exist and if they do, do they live in normal societies? The most effective way of communication terrorized them. Even if they want to avoid any voice, there is no escape from sounds when living in such a time.

5. Somniphobia: The fear of sleep. It is another phobia that makes living like a hell. Imagine the fatigue this phobia can cause from un-restlessness. The mental and physical fatigue will make the person dysfunctional, and even if they want to sleep the fear of sleep will not let them sleep. Scary!

4. Counterphobia: This is one weird phobia. The phobic seeks situations of fear and discomfort. Although not disorder, these phobics engage in such activities to counter their fear. The person may sometimes end in psychological problems in the constant struggle of fight or flight.

3. Chronophobia: The fear of passing time. People with this phobia are even scared of the concepts related to time like past, present and future or early, later etc. The idea of time itself scares them. What the world would be for such people.

2. Phobophobia: The fear of developing a fear, this phobia is as weird as it sounds. Phobia already means fear, so the person fears of having a fear! Complicated and ridiculous, it is more of a brain teaser than some actual fear.

1. Pantophobia: The fear of everything. No doubt this phobia has made to number one of the list. The person with such a phobia can go about normal in life apart from the insane thought of some sinister force out there in the world. No matter where the person goes, he will have this fear nagging him that some evil is hovering over him.

10.  Get out of your comfort zone

If you wanted to try something different, then you should choose activities way beyond what you usually do or enjoy. If you are not much of an adventure-seeker, then do activities such as hiking, biking, and many more. On the other hand, if you are an adventure-seeker, then try to lay back a bit.

9. Take a different route to work

If you are passing on the same road 5 days a week, twice a day, then do a little experience and try different routes while heading for work. It is best if you do this experiment while on your way home; if it is your first time to avoid the chances of getting late in the morning.

8. Ask out the person that you never have the chance to have a conversation

If you like someone in the office or in the neighborhood, then it’s time to take that shield off your face and start asking that special someone, for a change. Who knows, that first move might is the change that you have been waiting for all your life.

7. Don’t follow the crowd

If you notice that you are always getting the trend of the market or the people around you, then step back and make a U-turn. This time, let the crowd follow you.

6. Do something that scares you

Do you have a fear of anything? If you have, then it’s time to overcome that fear you have in you. Overcome your fear so you will get to know the real you even more.

5. Talk to your superior and ask for that raise or promotion

If you are working for a while already and you notice that you deserve a change when it comes to your salary, then go ahead and ask for that promotion or a raise in salary.

4. Cook a recipe from a magazine or from the cooking show

If you have been cooking the same food over again, then it’s now time to flip the pages of your magazine or watch a cooking show and apply what you have learned in your kitchen.

3. Have a list of the things that you want to do or to accomplish next year

You can do this best year-ender activity with excellence because writing down the list that you want to accomplish next year will surely give you the motivation you need to be successful.

2. Don’t take yourself seriously

Life is about having fun and you should take time to enjoy yourself a whole lot more.

1. Organize a night-out

This will surely be a fun activity with your friends that is surely worth remembering of to look back on in the future.

10. Sweet Goodies

If you know how to bake, then you can make special treats for your mom. Aside from the normal cupcakes and cookies, you can try to personalize it with Silhouettes using hard icing. It’s pretty unique if you’ll try to make silhouettes pattern of faces or body images.

9. Flower Pots with Photo Collage

Have you tried scrap-booking? If yes, then these unique flowerpots will be very easy for you to make. Using some Photo Editing Software, you can make a photo collage of your family for your dearest mom. To add more accents, you can tie a colorful ribbon around it.

8. Mother’s Day E-Card

Some working mothers are abroad or live very far from us. Aside from greeting them over the phone, we can also send Mother’s Day E-cards. Though there are ready-made cards available over the internet, you can make a do-it-yourself card to add more personal touch. Have it scanned and saved on your computer, and then you can surprise your mom on her mail.

7. Printable Award Certificate for the World’s Best Mom

Sometimes, mothers don’t receive special recognition for their achievements. Surely, any mom will appreciate this reward certificate. It is because she will feel how proud the family to have her.

6.  Family Picture with “I LOVE YOU MOM!”

Start calling the whole family members for a family picture. To make it extra unique, you can make “I LOVE YOU” posters and slogans beforehand. In addition, you can make cutout lettering for the word “LOVE”. Each family member can hold it while taking pictures.

5. Handprint Flower with Poems

Kids will surely love this hand print activity for moms. It is very easy and fun as you trace your hand on a paper and cut it out with fancy flowers. Make it colorful as possible with different art materials. Then, don’t forget to add your personalized poem, specially dedicated to your mom.

4. Homemade Beauty Products

As we all know, mothers don’t have much time to take care of themselves. Moreover, they don’t buy a lot of beauty products because of family’s tight budget. Actually, we can give them homemade beauty products and much of the materials can be found at home. For example, the homemade sugar or oatmeal scrub can be put in a jar or any unique packaging materials.

3. Mother’s Day Cupcake Bouquet

During Mother’s Day, the cost of flower bouquets is very expensive. So, why don’t you try to make one that is very different from the old-fashioned bouquet? If you have some cupcakes at home, you can use colorful icing or melted marshmallows to make flower designs. Grab some sticks to insert in every cupcake, and then arranged it in the jar. You can add some green papers to look like leaves for your flower cupcakes. Then, you can add a special note on it.

2. Beautiful Flower Corsage for Mom

Mothers love accents on their clothes, bags and jewelries. So, you can try to make one for them. For DIY flower corsage, you can use different materials such as satin, old ribbons, felt papers and many more. Make it colorful and stylish and your mom will surely wear it anywhere she goes.

1. Customized Cellphone Cover

Most moms use their cellphone a lot and it will be a great idea to make their cellphone case or cover more beautiful. To identify the best design, you can figure it out based on her interests. If she likes color pink, then you can make pink princess cellphone case with art materials such as gems, Swarovski crystals, flower buttons and many more.

10. Read a book

Books are always considered a great companion. So read a nice novel to spend your time and also gain some vocabulary at the same time.

9. Learn a new language

Learning a new language can create a lot of possibilities for you in your life. So when you visit that particular country you’ll be able to communicate at ease with the locals. Moreover you can also translate documents and get extra money for it.

8. Jogging

Go jogging in the nearest park or around your neighborhood; this way you might find a new acquaintance to get social and get some exercise.

7. Cook a new recipe

Cooking is the best way to spend your spare time alone. It gives you a sense of achievement that you learned something and that you’ll be able to share it with others. Especially if it’s something you’re cooking for the first time and want to surprise your loved one with your cooking skills.

6. Call your friends

Go ahead, pick up your phone, and start calling your friends whom you haven’t called for days due to your busy schedule. You can plan to spend an entire day with them or go on a trip or plain and simple gossip.

5. De-cluttering

Clean up that closet of yours and revamp your wardrobe, who knows when you might need something to wear but weren’t able to find it on the right time. You can also clean up your room and put away all those magazines and dirty clothes lying around; in which case you can get busy with laundry.

4. Take a rejuvenating bath

Give yourself a treat and have a rejuvenating bath. Burn some aromatic candles and exfoliate yourself while taking a bath. It has a very soothing effect on your nerves.

3. Show your creativity

Create a collage by cutting out some magazine pages and surprise your friends or family with your creativity. You could also paint or draw a nearby scenery or pottery at your home or make some birthday cards and post them to your loved ones or friends.

2. Watch movies

You can go to a movie store and rent out a movie or check the movie listings on your favorite channel, maybe they’re playing one of your favorite movies. Also don’t forget to get some popcorn!

1. Learn something useful

What if you need to jump start a car in the middle of nowhere or have to give a mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dying person. What will you do in terms of dire need? In which case learn something that can be useful in the case of emergencies from your family members or friends.

10. Kill flies- It did not sound as interesting as an Uma Thurman starrer ‘Kill Bill’. Right? But never mind when you are sitting idle and have nothing to do then come let us pledge to help Earth achieve deliverance from the horrid flies. To make it more interesting a competition with oneself is never a bad idea.

09. Organize your mess collection- yes you heard it right. All of us have the habit of collecting some or the other object which actually is nothing more than trash but with intelligence trash too can be made into something precious. If you have a collection of stupid glass objects or bottle caps, you can make them into objects of art for instance, plant lovely indoor plants into the glasses that you will not use anymore etc.

08. Dive into history- Getting bored? Here is a very good way to kill and utilize spare time altogether. How? Just a simple dive and dip back into past. All you have to do is to take out your old albums, memorabilia and everything that can easily bring back memories to you. Try to refrain from remembering the bad past, just remember the good days.

07. Flavory savory- Did not understand what this means! Never mind. Okay think you are with your BFF accompanying and actually providing him/her with a cover on his/ her date. Full chances that you will feel bored because your BFF forgets about your presence and is lost in mushy rosy love date. What do you do? Best you can do is savoir each dish that you are eating and try to find out all the flavors that it has and all the condiments used.

06. Count the stars- Counting stars is a blissful experience. This you can fall back upon if you are trapped amidst ‘not so enjoyable’ company and are clueless as to how to bear it. If it is an outdoor time to be spent in a lawn, just lift up your head and with a sweet romantic smile and twinkling eyes, count the twinkling little stars.

05. Shapely clouds- you have been forcefully shown out of the house by your family to spend time with your distant cousin with whom your chemistry has never hit the lab. Do not know what to do or play and here you lift your head in the bright light. Above you are cottony clouds floating about and have myriads of shapes, make it into a contest and this might break the ice between you two.

04. Cleanliness mantra- the house is empty and you are all alone. Now what to do and how to keep busy! A simple solution and you can win hearts. Pick up all the filth around the house, cleaning which your house will look more beautiful. Clean and ash every little speck around. In the end exhausted you will be but, will have great time getting compliments for being such a nice person.

03. celebrity gossip new- The newspapers these days are are more interested in grapevine and tinsel town news items than good journalism. Here you might can pick up your page of P3P and reading about the forever in gloss stars is always not that bad an idea.

02. Internet- the internet work these days is a big help. You can any time open your personal computer and find some interesting article or website. There are websites and video portals which have great inter-networking and so, one thing after another you keep awake and interested.

01. Traffic gazers- your place or office or wherever you are, you have a nice window where people and traffic are passing past. You can keep locating different people and their facial expressions and their fashion sense. Try to make inference from these images. Ohh, you have no idea you can keep at it for really long and the people, their postures work and fashion sense etc keep you engrossed and your observation will also become really sharp.

9. Taxes: Before moving into a different neighborhood do your homework on the taxes and the expenses you may have to incur. You don’t necessarily have same tax rates everywhere. Some places have additional taxes depending upon the facilities and different clubs they have.

8. Places to visit: No matter you are a family with kids or an old retired couple amenities are an import aspect of where you live. You may have to compromise on some of your desires but look for the places where most of your family interest can be easily fulfilled.

7. How convenient is the place: Of course, convenience makes your life a lot easier. Check if you have a shopping mall nearby and a grocery store so you don’t have to drive an extra mile to get your grocery. It will definitely affect your pocket and your stress level too.

6. Foreclosures: People usually look for houses when the market is down so they can make money when the market goes up. Well a lot of foreclosures may be a sign that the neighborhood is not a good place to be. If you find a house on foreclosure make sure you do your homework before jumping in and buying  houses.

5. Check with the planning officer: When buying a house in new community, check with the community planning officer about the future plans of the community. It may be possible the house you just bought is in the middle of a new community hospital. You don’t want that.

4. Sound and air pollution: Pollution doesn’t necessarily means living in an industrial zone. If the neighborhood is very noisy and that right behind your house, the city trash is dumped, then I don’t think you will prefer living there. Visit couple of times before you buy the house and observe things around the house.

3. The crime rate of the place: Crime rate of any areas can be easily found on the internet. Look for the crime rate of the place before you buy the house. It is an easy task and can be done sitting at the home.

2. Good schools: You can compromise on your work and drive an extra mile but a good school is very important for your children. The house value is sometimes greatly affected by the schools in the area.

1. Culture: Think about what you want exactly. Finding the a place with good schools and low crime rate may not be the culture you are looking for. Imagine yourself living there and think if you can adjust to the place or not.

9. Work things out with the family you are going in: When you marry you not only marry the guy or the girl but the family too. If you think things are not working out with your mother in law, then try to fix things before you get married. You don’t have call of your engagement if things are not working with your mother in law. And the same goes for the rest of the family you are going in.

8. Finances: A lot of people say “love is all they need”, but the love will be gone if you are the one paying all the bills. Take a step back and consider what significant  spending you will have to make. You may also want to inquire about their savings and debts. It will be awkward in the beginning but once you become part of the family, you share everything.

7. Hobbies: Having common hobbies in a relationship will strengthen the bond between you and your better half. It’s good to have unique hobbies but once you get married you will be spending vacation and other holidays together. Have some hobbies that you both can enjoy together and don’t end up watch TV all weekend.

6. Children: Of course you don’t want to think about kids when you are engaged, but of course at some point in time you will want kids. Ask your fiance what he thinks about kids. Sharing same thoughts about kids will make things much easier for you.

5. Goals: When you are very ambitious, you have to sacrifice many things. Discuss it with your fiancé what would you do in a situation where you have to go some other place work, or if he has to go somewhere where he finds his dream job. Talk about how would you handle such a situation. Make a 5 year goal and see where you want to be.

4. Religion: If you both are very active in your religion, decide from now how your children will be raised and how active religion will be in your marriage. Bring up such topics will actually help you to know the real face of a person, what he inspires and what he does in his daily life. It is better if you and your better half are on the same page.

3. Background: Before you take the leap consider the background you and your spouse coming from. It is not to say that different background will break marriage but how you see the world has a lot to do with how you are brought up.

2. Friends: If you have issues with the best friend of your spouse, you should consider fixing it before getting married. They are going to be there for a long time.

1. Love: Of course, number one is if you love the person. You can’t marry someone you don’t love.

10. Employability: Two decades after the Second World War, the unemployment rate shoot from 25 percent to under three percent. Losing a job was not nightmarish as in these days. People usually expect back at work within four months when lost their job.

9. Less Crime:  Although we get to hear that the crime rate has fallen in recent times, however it was less likely to get killed then than now. So, all the stories of your grandma living alone and leaving her children alone to play in abandoned playgrounds are true.

8. Fair Taxation: Sixties was a time when no ruling minority has much influence on the tax rates, and where people for their personal gains didn’t manipulate the polices.

7. Purchasing power: The lowest paid worker even had a spare after spending on household. Fast forward to today and see, a minimum wage worker can’t buy anything apart from paying his rent or getting one time meal in a day. Inequality is at worst since the Great Depression.

6. Easy access to education: G. I. Bills were funds allotted to allow servicemen to educate after serving in the army. Many veterans made their lives after returning from war, thanks to the fund. In today’s time, only the rich have access to quality education, and if you want your kid to go to college then you have to get ready for a lifetime debt.

5. The suburbs: The suburbs provided a great chance for the young generation to work for something. They were provided with a land and home of their own which gave them a purpose to work hard and improve their economic condition.

4. Living the American dream: The prime idea behind American Dream is that your hard work will be rewarded. Sixties actually ran through that dream. In the USA, a child born in the 40 s had double the chance of graduating from a college than any other Western country. Today, the American Dream has nothing to do with the labor you put in but to the family you are born in.

3. Low debt: After World War II, debt dropped from a whopping 70 percent to 4 percent in the later decades. Now, the debt is considered to be at over one hundred, almost same as in WWII, only no WWII now.

2. Optimism: Studies showed that peoples’ happiness measured up to forty percent in those times, highest ever till today’s grumbling period. There was a surge of happiness in people around those times.

1. Fame: People went crazy about American in those days; even French dreamed of American after. When calculated today, for an ordinary American it is dangerous to show his face in couple dozen countries, and with Europe which hates America(ns).

Engineering is one of the most desirable jobs in market right now. Industrial engineering maximizes complex systems that deal with social sciences. Most of the work involved deals specifically with the mathematical side of the system.

9. Mechanical Engineering

Another high-paying job that is in the engineering field is mechanical engineering. This engineering job deals with the physics and material aspects specifically using mechanical power and heat. Mechanical engineers are considered to be the oldest type of engineers because they design machines that are used in practical and useful settings.

8. Sales Representatives

For those who have enthusiastic personalities and the love to travel, becoming a sales representative may be a very great choice. The job is as simple as selling products to large corporations by attending conferences and trading shows. This is a desirable because it requires the employees to constantly be moving all around the world to market and sell efficient products.

7. Computer Administrators

Professionals who know how to work computers very well must constantly maintain networks and IT systems. The administrators have a wide range of jobs including installing, maintaining, planning, and responding to certain aspects or problems of computer systems. They are also responsible for having the present knowledge to support technical staff of all the different areas of the networks.

6. Human Resources

The “Human capital” or human resources is a job designed to lead a certain company’s workforce in a positive direction that will allow work to flourish effectively. The 20^th century job title was created because of the massive amount of world commerce that specifically deals with the aspect of labor. It is the responsibility of someone in human resources to maintaining the integrity and interests of the workers from an authoritative position. Other different responsibilities include also training new workers to perform their jobs to the best of their ability.

5. Computer System Analysts

A new job that has been added to the market recently because of the exponential growth of technology is computer system analysts. It is their responsibility to fix problems in software and hardware systems while also creating new applications necessary to fix certain software. While many analysts choose a specific area to target, many apply themselves to all of the fields all around the world.

Computer System Analyst

4. Marketing Specialists

Professionals who analyze data from promotional companies are marketing specialist. This job entitles the overseeing of many aspects of a company’s financing such as coordinating groups to advance marketing strategies. Many marketing specialists are places to manage only one aspect of marketing so that they can study on a particular focus.

3. Accountants

Accountants help businesses financially by managing the financial interests of a company. Many people who take up this position are frequently ask to make huge monetary decisions based off of calculations of the company’s marketing numbers. Also many accountants also involve themselves in helping individuals file taxes and large investments. This job requires many hours behind a calculator and strong work ethic.

2. Software Developers

Designing and testing software for computer programs is a great job for those who have outstanding computer skills. Many software developers freelance their work so because projects are usually short-term ones and do not require commitment to one certain software. One of the newest aspects of this job is designing and creating applications for smart phones.

Software Developers

1. Dentist

A dental surgeon is responsible for taking care of someone’s oral cavities. The job includes the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the teeth. It is important to have a nice smile, and dentists ensure that this is possible through their years of studies and hard work. Many dentists are responsible for oral surgeries as well as maintaining their patient’s dental health.