Spring Cleaning Is Self-Care: How Tidying up Boosts Your Mental Health

CleanTok star is pushing her followers to ditch excuses and clean not just their homes but their lives.

TikTok's obsession with CleanTok isn't just about spotless countertops. It's about the emotional reset that comes with tidying up. Dreamstime/TNS

By Avery Newmark Atlanta Journal-Constitution

There’s a reason your feed is full of cleaning montages and dramatic “before and afters”—TikTok’s obsession with CleanTok isn’t just about spotless countertops. It’s about the emotional reset that comes with tidying up.