And in other ways, there is a need to plant some totally new seeds of thinking and analysis. There’s a duty to readers to do that so they can see how some of these stories have continued, or how new items connect to old ones. There are so many scattered intellectual property issues of interest to be collected, organized, and commented upon, many as follow-ups to previous posts that need to be dusted off in light of further developments. The need for spring cleaning, and a sense of coming out of hibernation, seems especially acute this April for this intellectual property lawyer. Some say that to ‘spring clean’ means to wake up from a melatonin-induced slumber of spirit and mind.” The more time we spend outside, the less we produce the hormone of sleepiness. Melatonin levels are bound to the amount and frequency of sunlight exposure we get. We are less active and motivated during the cold winter days and a good reason for that… Due to the lack of sunlight during drab winter days, our brain produces larger amounts of melatonin – a chemical responsible for literally making us sleepier. As one participant noted, “It is the UK’s single biggest environmental mass participation event and sees volunteers from across the country make more than one million miles of British outdoor spaces cleaner and greener.”Īnd these traditions may have biological, evolutionary roots, as one resource notes that “spring cleaning has more to do with human biology than anything else. In the last decade, the United Kingdom has taken the tradition outdoors, with The Great British Spring Clean, which is a national campaign run by Keep Britain Tidy.
These range from those in Iran observing the Persian New Year festival of Nowruz (and the practice of “khooneh tekouni,” or “shaking the house” to prepare for Nowruz), to the Jewish traditional pre-Passover cleaning (and the ritual bedikat chametz), to the Clean Monday ( Kathara Deftera) traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church to the Asian celebrations of Ninyabaat, Songkran, and Xiao Nian. In more Northern countries and frontier cultures, spring cleaning presented the opportunity to wipe away soot and grime of winters indoors in shelters lit and heated by oil-burning lamps or wood-burning fires. Many cultures have the tradition of spring cleaning. Plus, organizing will actually improve your overall focus and work performance. It is a chance to reorganize and refresh your workspace and your workflow. It’s a way to say, “I’m dusting off the winter blues and coming out of hibernation.”… At the office, spring cleaning can take on a whole new meaning. Our favorite thing about spring spring cleaning.
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