Do you ever get the feeling that your stuff is taking over you life? Well I do.
Laura
Every few months I get a wild hair to purge my apartment of the things that I don't use or wear anymore. Since I've noticed a bunch of my pants are sagging, I decided to pull all the unnecessary things out of my closet - pants, shirts I can't or won't wear anymore, things I've only worn once because clearly they were bad purchases, mistakes.
Here's a look at the first closet raid:
Check out the yellow layer. That's a hideous sweater my mom got me for Christmas. I think it was meant for my grandma, but she mislabled it. I haven't even removed the tags:
Here are the orphaned hangers:
And the bags I took to the Brown Elephant:
It was a very productive day...and I still have a full closet. How can one person have so much stuff in such a tiny apartment? Further, how can one person need so much stuff?
One doesn't. This activity was a good exercise in understanding how much I can waste. To be fair, I haven't worn many of these pieces in years, or I've worn them so much that it became time to give up on them. I hope that I can manage my closet better in the future. Only buy things I need and not stupid, outrageous pieces that I won't have the confidence to wear outside the store.
Tim Gunn says a woman needs 10 essential wardrobe pieces. I'm going to keep that in mind when I'm rebuilding my wardrobe. And in general, keep essentials in mind when I'm rebuilding my life.
So there's that,
Laura
1 comment:
I agree and do the same thing. Sometimes I just go "Why do I even keep this?" even after it's way too big and such. I've decided to not buy trend anymore, because it comes and goes too fast. I wear boring clothes, but always look decent. I think that a couple pair of great jeans are my staple - but I'll be damned if they aren't the hardest thing to find/buy.
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