Good Riddance, Clothes

It took me a week after we got back to finally find the motivation to unpack my suitcase. It was packed jam tight and the last thing I wanted to do was sort through it all over again. Looking at my suit case though, I realized that I could live with just that amount of clothes. That 62 inch knapsack was the right amount to rotate a 21 day vacation. Being that I only have 7-8 days off in a month that's more than enough clothes I need. I mean, sure, I like to have different colors of the same style shirt or what not. But do I really need them.......not really. This helped me to realize that my closet is just a storage space for unwanted/unnecessary articles of clothing. Why keep them imprisoned here when someone out there could be enjoying them more? And I feel like didn't I just go through this recently?? How are there still "too much" clothes?

My rule of thumb was if I hadn't worn in it in the last 6 moths it had to go out. There was no looking back or second guessing. That pretty much meant 3/4 of my closet. *yikes* I winded up with a pile ip to my hip. It felt good though to tidy up my shelves and closet. I could now see my clothes thoroughly and actually remember what all exactly I had. Don't you love when your going through your stuff you find little surprises- clothes you forgot you had. Some of the things I found still had price tags on it. It was a shame because I bought some of these clothes thinking that I would save them for some "special occasion." Well, that occasion never came and now I'm out of that $40 I invested on the thought. In the end my closet finally saw the sunlight and the extra clothes were donated and never missed again.