Is your closet a 40% or a 60%
The average woman only wears 40% of the clothes in her closet. That means 60% of her closet never sees the light of day.
Now is a great time to clean out your closet. You may find some new treasures that you had forgot you bought.
Reasons to toss:
- it’s underwear. No none wants to wear someone else’s used underwear
- it’s stained, faded or bleached
- it’s ripped, torn, or otherwise broken
OK so if it’s broken will you fix it – Can you fix it now? Did you fix it?
How long has it been broken? That long? Really are you going to fix it – accept that you most likely will not. So it is trash or can you donate it?
Reasons to Donate:
Do you like it?
It is still in style?
When did you wear it last? 6 months, 1 year or more?
Does it fit?
Does it look good on you or is it a strange color that you don’t really look good in?
Did someone give it to you? But you don’t like it or it doesn’t flatter you. Is it a scarf but you live in Arizona?
If you saw it in a store today would you buy it?
How long have you had it? Does it still have tags? Can you return it?
If you would not sell it at a garage sale you probably should not donate it to a charity. If you can’t sell it they probably can’t either.
Reasons to keep:
It’s none of the above.
Is it just dirty? Wash it and hang it up.
So let’s sort your stuff. Take it all out of the closet. When I say all I mean everything.
Think about what we just discussed and decide if you should keep it, donate or sell it or is it just trash.
Now when you put what you decided to keep in your closet you will have 100% of your stuff that you will actually wear. Did you find something you forgot you had? Did you find that you were wearing only 40% of what was in your closet? What was your percentage?
Thanks!
Pamela
#organize #clutter #clothes
Mel: I think it is less than 40% being used!
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Mel time to clean out 60% of stuff. You will have so much more space and find it is so much easier to dress.
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Suan, over to you!
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🙂
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Wonderful post and I am pleased to report that my wardrobe is organised! Thank you 💟x
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Samantha that is fabulous. So glad to hear it.
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Time to clean my closet Pam! However I own very few clothes anyway and use perhaps 70% of them. But I still need to clear it out for sure! 😀
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Outstanding. Think about how much more space you will have with the 30% you don’t use is gone.
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I’m always donating stuff, but still have way too much. I do wear most things though.
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You are working in the right direction.
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This is good to consider. I think it’s only used like 30%! I should really decide with your questions what to keep and what to donate!
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Outstanding. I hope you make those decisions and then you will be pleased with the amount of space you have left over.
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Loved the photo of the cat in the scarf and hat! I have never been much for lots of clothing and neither has my husband. I get rid of stuff much faster than he does. He tends to gets “attached” to certain shirts. Spring is usually my time to go through, not only the closet, but drawers as well. It is so much nicer when you get rid of things you will never ever use! Thanks for the reminder. It is supposed to be rainy here the next couple days so a good time to do this.
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Glad you enjoyed that cat picture. I have lost 20 pounds so I needed to go and sort my clothing. It was a major purge for me as well. Have a great day.
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Good for you!!
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Thanks so much.
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Ive missed you recently. I love this post, i have been decluttering and been thinking i need to do more. I think for me the less i have the happer a feel.. great post and advise and cute pics…
Regards bella
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Thanks Bella. I have been missing in action for a while. But I am going to try to do better. I have missed y’all as well.
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Haha. A much needed post to declutter. Thanks for the post, was enjoyable and actionable.
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Thank you so much. Glad to be of assistance.
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