I have been spending this hot weekend playing in my closet, analyzing and reorganizing. My whole wardrobe contains exactly 264 items and this is counting almost everything. It includes belts, handbags, scarves, shoes and loungewear. Only categories that are not included are underwear, pajamas, swimsuits and a small exercise capsule.
I am happy with about 1/3 of my wardrobe. 1/3 is OK - it is not perfect but can still be worn or requires minimal alterations. 1/3 is just way too big and I havent worn it for over a year. At first I thought that I need to replace everything in this group and it was stressing me. But then it hit me that I actually don’t. I haven’t worn it for over a year, and yes, this year was strange and I had very different needs, but I think I can safely say that I can get dressed without those items. I decided to just donate almost 1/4 of my wardrobe. There are only few things that I would still prefer to replace so I am not donating the whole group but exactly 56 items. Quite a few black items among them. I love to have everything visible in my closet but things were getting crumpled. Now my clothes have room to breathe. My needs and wardrobe holes are much more clear and I feel relieved. I don’t plan to donate everything immediately, because I still have fear that my weight will go up, but just having everything removed from closet and out of sight feel so much better. For years I have been maintaining the same wardrobe size, because I was doing one in one out. I will continue to do that in the future to maintain this smaller wardrobe size.