A seasonal clean usually brings to mind clearing out wardrobes, reorganising shelves, or finally tackling that overflowing drawer. And Easter becomes a kind of emotional checkpoint, a chance to pause, reflect, and reset.
But while most seasonal cleaning focuses on spaces and surfaces, the clutter that’s hardest to shake tends to live upstairs, in the brain.
Mental clutter isn’t always obvious. Sometimes it shows up as low-grade irritability, or the feeling that you’re busy all day but can’t quite name what you got done. This Easter, instead of pushing through it, try a different kind of seasonal clean, one that doesn’t involve bleach, spreadsheets, or bullet journals. Just a few simple shifts to help your brain feel clearer, calmer, and more like you again.
1. Try single-tasking for one day
Multitasking used to be a badge of honour. But it turns out switching between tasks drains more brainpower than we think: it taxes working memory, increases mental fatigue, and leaves us feeling frazzled rather than productive.
So pick a day this Easter weekend to try this: whatever you do, do only that. Drink your coffee without checking emails. Cook without a podcast in the background. Go for a walk without your phone. For 24 hours, let your brain do one thing at a time. You might be surprised at how much clarity comes from doing less, more intentionally.
2. Unplug the information firehose
Our brains were not designed to process as much input as we throw at them. News alerts, newsletters, social feeds, unread tabs: it’s all cognitive load, even when you’re not actively engaging.
Set aside one morning or afternoon over the Easter weekend for a full input fast. No news, no scrolling, no new information. Let your brain metabolise what’s already in there. You don’t need a retreat, you just need a quiet moment to catch up with your own thoughts.
Bonus: it might actually make your internal voice a little louder, and more helpful.
3. Tidy one mental parking space
We all have that one chaotic mental drawer. It might be your phone notes app, your email drafts, your browser tabs, or that corner of your brain where every to-do list lives.
You don’t have to “get organised.” Just pick one spot and clean it out. Choose where your thoughts go, like a physical notebook, a voice memo app, or a fresh document. When your brain knows where to offload ideas, it stops trying to keep everything spinning in the background.
4. Do a 5-minute ‘brain rinse’
Sometimes, clearing your head doesn’t come from rest, it comes from a burst of focused activity. Not more work, but something brief, complete, and mentally engaging.
Try five minutes of fast journaling, a short poem to memorise, a crossword, or even arranging something on a shelf with full attention. These little bursts act like a rinse cycle for your brain: they clear out residual noise and reset your focus without needing a full break.
5. Eat something bitter
Easter is a season of bright, sweet things, like chocolate, fruit, light meals. But adding something bitter to your Easter plate can do more than balance flavour, it can help reset your system.
Bitter foods like rocket, endive, citrus peel, or even a dash of apple cider vinegar stimulate the vagus nerve, which plays a key role in nervous system regulation. They also support liver detoxification, digestion, and mental clarity.
It’s a small addition with outsized effects, like a seasonal clean for your body and your brain.
6. Anchor a moment with scent
Scent and memory are tightly linked, more than we often realise. That’s why certain smells can trigger vivid emotions or a sudden flood of clarity.
This Easter, choose a scent that feels calming or fresh, like rosemary, basil, bergamot, peppermint, and use it while doing something you want to repeat regularly: journaling, stretching, supplementing, going for a walk. Over time, your brain will associate the scent with the state of mind you’re cultivating. It becomes a quiet cue that helps you settle into clarity, faster.
7. Make a joy list (not a to-do list)
When your brain is foggy, the last thing it needs is another list of tasks. But what if you made a list of things that bring you joy, small, uncomplicated things that genuinely help you feel like yourself? It could be walking to your favourite café, calling someone who makes you laugh, or even watering your plants. Keep it short, and revisit it when your mind feels cluttered. These aren’t “breaks”, they’re maintenance. They’re how you remember that clarity doesn’t always come from doing more, but from reconnecting with what energises you.
8. Do one thing you’ve been avoiding
Cognitive clutter often builds around one key thing we’ve been putting off. It might be a call, a conversation, a form, or a lingering task that takes up more space in your head than it does on paper. Try tackling one of those things, just one. Not to clear your whole plate, but to release the tension it’s creating. That little “ugh, still haven’t done it” loop? It eats focus. Clearing it feels like fresh air.
9. Support your reset from the inside
Even with good habits in place, there are days when your brain still feels overloaded. That’s where a little internal support can make all the difference, especially when it comes from ingredients your body already knows how to work with.
Simply Nootropics Essentials Plus is designed to support clarity, calm, and daily cognitive resilience. The formula brings together L-theanine to smooth out mental overstimulation, Rhodiola and Panax ginseng to help you adapt to stress, Brahmi and Lion’s Mane to support memory and focus, and CDP Choline to help keep your brain sharp and alert. No caffeine, no quick fixes, just steady, reliable support for a brain that’s ready to reset. Because sometimes, a mental seasonal clean starts with giving your brain what it’s been missing.
