Steps to cleaning out your clothes closet.

If you do just one step a day, you will feel like you have a whole new wardrobe in one week. Doesn’t that sound like something worth doing?

Step one: Remove everything that is either torn or stained and trash it or turn it into rags. Don’t bother mending or spot cleaning. If you cared enough about that item of clothing you would have already done that.

Step two: Remove all  “new” clothes that still have their tags on them. If you were really going to wear them you would have done it already. If they are good enough, send them to a consignment shop. Other wise donate them to charity. Today, please. You don’t need them to simply become clutter in a different part of your house.

Step three: Get rid of everything that is not your current size. Worrying that you may be that size again someday is a waste of energy.

Step four: Get rid of everything that no longer suits who you are. You are no longer that age or participating in that activity so you don’t need clothes that reflect that. (Why would I need to keep hiking boots?)

Step five: Get rid of any clothes that make you uncomfortable when you wear them. Too tight? Too short? Too much cleavage? Too itchy? Why would you want to keep any of those?

Step six: Look through what you have left and get rid of anything that clashes with everything else. Wonder why on earth you bought that in the first place.

Step seven: Look through what you have left and try mixing and matching items to see how many outfits you can make from the pieces you still have. You will probably discover that you have plenty of clothes. And now you can actually find the pieces that work for you.

Now all you have to do is resist the urge to go buy more.

TTYL,

Linda