I hyperventilated...but I will just have to get over it.

You know how research shows that we only wear about 20% of the clothing we own? Well you can increase that amount for me up to at least 50-60% given the frequency in which I do laundry!  Sadly, I am not afraid to donate my clothes and often find myself ordering the girls to pack up 5 or 6 trash bags full of clothes I throw on the floor.

So what’s the problem?

 I am STILL busting at the seams and feel an overwhelming – out of control – energy EVERY time I walk into my closet. It’s beyond ridiculous!

 

I thought if I went through my 165 pairs of shoes and gave away over half of them I would be good since they tend to accumulate in piles on the floor. But NO! It hasn’t helped as much as I had hoped. It’s time to get serious about de-cluttering and simplifying my closet!

I posted on Facebook the request for someone – anyone – to give me a number from 1-100 and this would be my determining figure on how much of each category (tops, pants, athletic, jackets, t-shirts, pjs & dresses) to keep.

Well the first number that popped up was 5 – FIVE! For a minute I thought “okay – fuck this, never mind!” and then I received several more answers shortly afterward. So I have decided to average the answers and it has come out to 45. Okay, that is 45 items per category and there are 7 categories. That will give me, in theory, 315 pieces of clothing - TOTAL.

I hyperventilated a little bit, because last time I did laundry the girls counted how many shirt hangers and how many pant hangers I would need and the results were 182 and 85. MY LAUNDRY! I don’t know how long I waited in between washings, but I do know that my closet was still busting at the seams with clothes hanging up! If I had to guess how many pieces of clothing I owned, I would have to guess anywhere from 2-3 thousand - easy! So you can see why 315 pieces make me anxious.

But I will just have to get over it!

I need less stress and this will help me! And maybe I will create enough room that I can do yoga in my closet! It’s large and there’s enough space, but most important of all it’s QUIET!

My goal is to tackle it this weekend. If I succeed without having a nervous breakdown I will post before and after pics.

Do you wear all of the clothes you own?