Spring means we turn the clocks forward and start taking our allergy medication. But it also means the opportunity to clean out your closet and, while you’re at it, your phone book.

It’s time to get rid of the tchotchkes and that means the dusty dried flowers from that wedding last summer and the phone number of that guy or girl you hooked up with at that wedding but never heard from again. Start anew. Go through your closet and get rid of the clothes that are too small, ill-fitting or out of season. Go through your phone, Facebook and your email and delete people with whom you have no relationship or a negative relationship.

This is literal and figurative weight that you will shed and feel lighter afterwards. And maybe some of that physical weight you’ve been trying to lose will start being shed soon after!