It’s spring time. Not just a time for spring cleaning, but also a good time for self improvement. Here’s some links that you may find can help with that.

• If you are feeling stuck in life, read this:  5 Ways to Jumpstart Your Goals in Life
• If you feel some goals can help you move forward, check out these 7 Simple Goals (Not Lofty Resolutions) Everyone Can Stick With in the New Year (or any time)
• If you find sticking to goals and improvements are hard, some humour from Cracked.com might help: How ‘The Karate Kid’ Ruined The Modern World. As they note, “Life is So Much Harder Than We Think”. We don’t live in montages!
• Maybe you find you are spending too much time on your phone. If so, read this: Gadgets for Breaking Your Phone Addiction. Relatedly, check out the new book by Chris Hayes: The Sirens’ Call.
• Sometimes the best thing to do is clear the decks. Here’s two good pieces on that from Apartment Therapy: My “1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Method” Helps Me Declutter in Seconds and Why You Should Try the “Box and Banish” Decluttering Method. For more on this topic, read: The Year is 2025. Here are 25 Things You Can Declutter Right Away. Here’s another way to declutter: 7 things to (add or) subtract for happiness, according to science.
• Once the decluttering is done, you need to clean up. Cleaners, take note of this: Home Cleaning New Year’s Resolutions You’ll Actually Stick To
• Perhaps you need a check up from the doctor. If so, take this advice: I’m a doctor. Here are 5 ways to hack the 15-minute clinic visit. 
• We live in stressful time. If stress is the problem, then this piece, How to Weather the Storm, could be of benefit. If you are religious, consider reading this Aeon Essay: Why prayer is a problem-solving practice that works. As they say in the essay, “The power of prayer Praying is a cognitive practice full of problem-solving resources. You can learn from it even if you don’t want to do it”.
• Another option for dealing with stress is Transcendental Meditation. This article will tell you What It Is, its Benefits, and talk about its Techniques. Since TM can be expensive, there’s also guidance on 3 ways to meditate on a budget in the article.
• Or maybe you need to zone out in front of the TV for awhile. Why not make that a better experience by doing this: 5 Things Wirecutter’s TV Expert Does to Instantly Improve a TV’s Performance.
• Whatever you do, make sure you appreciate the good in your life. This article might help with that: “That was good.” (The image above is from the article.)
• Finally, listen to swissmiss: Always Go To The Funeral.