Here’s the truth: you will never fully eliminate spiders. They’re everywhere. In your basement, in your car, probably in your mailbox. The average home has about 100 spiders of various species living in it at any time. Yes, 100. That’s not a typo. You’re never alone.
So my final, most important advice: make peace with the little guys. Those harmless house spiders? They eat flies. They eat mosquitoes. They eat silverfish (which are gross). A spider is a tiny, eight-legged guardian who asks for nothing but a dark corner and a moth every now and then. Let them live in the garage. They’ll keep the shift, and you can keep your sanity—and your sense of humor.
Now go spray some peppermint oil, vacuum a web, and stop screaming. You got this.