{"id":1653,"date":"2014-07-16T00:15:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T08:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2014-07-15T15:51:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T23:51:10","slug":"purge-your-closet-5-tips-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/purge-your-closet-5-tips-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Purge Your Closet: 5 Tips to Help"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>I\u2019ve been on a purge-the-house kick <\/a>over the past month.<\/p>\n It started by looking for yard sale items and then went far beyond. As I looked through my clothes I realized I had around 20 pairs of jeans but only wore about 5. And if I\u2019m going to be honest I have about three outfits that I wear over and over and over.<\/em><\/p>\n On top of that I had seven pairs of boots even though I only wore two of them. Not to mention a box full of flip flops that hadn\u2019t seen the light of day in years.<\/p>\n Heck, I even had dress pants and a few shirts that still had the tags on them. And jackets seemed to be my real weakness because I had one to go with every type of outfit.<\/p>\n I soon realized that there was no point in me holding on to a hundred outfits when I maybe wore ten of them.<\/p>\n So I decided to pare down to a minimalist wardrobe. I left myself with a few pairs of jeans, only the shoes that actually got worn, and a handful of shirts.<\/p>\n I also kept a couple of outfits for when I needed to dress up and three pairs of shorts. (I hardly ever wear shorts. Even when it\u2019s like 90 degrees. I\u2019m way too modest when it comes to clothing but I can\u2019t help it. I feel naked in shorts.)<\/p>\n Getting rid of useless clothes actually felt fun! Here are five tips that can help you pare down your clothing.<\/p>\n What I did keep a lot of are camisoles.<\/p>\n I wear a cami under everything. I can\u2019t go without one. So I have a wide assortment of colors and probably fifteen to twenty in total, but for me these are a must have.<\/p>\n My other basics are jeans. When I find a pair of good fitting jeans I can live in them. I have three pair that fit me perfectly and since they\u2019re all high quality they\u2019ll last for a while.<\/p>\n After that I\u2019ll be on the search for some more good fitting jeans.<\/p>\n One thing that kills me is when people hoard clothes that don\u2019t fit them. Why?<\/p>\n Let\u2019s be real. Unless you\u2019re actively working out and eating right (or unless you\u2019ve just had a baby) you\u2019re not going to magically fit into those jeans that are two sizes too small. Sell them<\/a>. Donate them. Trash them. Just don\u2019t keep them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Dress your body for the size it is now.<\/p>\n If you have clothing that has holes in it or stains just throw it away. You\u2019re never going to wear it and it\u2019s just hogging precious closet real estate.<\/p>\n Wouldn\u2019t it be nice to wake up to a clean, organized closet full of stuff you\u2019d actually put on your body? Yep, it\u2019s pretty nice.<\/p>\n What I\u2019m trying to say here is that if you don\u2019t have to dress up very often you don\u2019t need ten pairs of dress pants and dresses.<\/p>\n You probably need 1-3. (You can probably get by on one outfit but I like to have my options.)<\/p>\n I\u2019ll admit this was kind of hard for me.<\/p>\n My last job was in insurance so I had accumulated quite the wardrobe of dressy clothes. But I never plan on having a job like that again and I haven\u2019t wore any of that stuff (except to one funeral) since October of last year when I quit.<\/p>\n I kept the stuff I absolutely loved and got rid of the rest. The truth is I\u2019ll probably never wear what I kept.<\/p>\n At first it\u2019s kind of hard to get rid of all your clothes.<\/p>\n But once you come back a second time you start asking yourself why you\u2019re keeping all of this stuff. So if you aren\u2019t happy with your closet after your first purge revisit in about a month.<\/p>\n Then you can come back every six months or so. If you haven\u2019t wore the clothes you kept then get rid of them.<\/p>\n And don\u2019t forget to sell your old clothes. I just landed $350 in yard sale money by cleaning out my closet.<\/p>\nKeep a Good Selection of the Basics<\/h2>\n
Get Rid of Everything that Doesn\u2019t Fit You<\/h2>\n
Get Rid of the Things You Wouldn\u2019t Wear in Public<\/h2>\n
Keep One or Two of the Things You Don\u2019t Consistently Wear<\/h2>\n
Re-Evaluate Every Few Months<\/h2>\n