Manage back to school

REPETITIVE: EVERY YEAR IT STILL COMES AS A SURPRISE AND TOO MUCH

- Hein Kaiser

The school year arrives a bit like a sobering slap in the face, because despite the repetitive nature of the cycle, it still feels like a surprise.

There are uniforms that have shrunk, permanent marker stains on school shirts, stationery lists from school, new schedules for intraand extramural activities.

It's all too much.

Back to school stress is often about the fact that none of us have reset anything and, frankly, left school bags exactly where they were when everyone got home after school broke up in December.

Now, if I could only find, well, everything...

Don't spring clean. Instead, clear out the stuff in wardrobes that belong to winter.

Stack summer stuff in front, almost like a store would do with a seasonal stock rotation.