![]() Judging from my closet and what I tend to buy frequently (ahem, too often) it would be white button downs + black pants + black ballet flats and a grey sweater and jeans for days of leisure.Īs I went through the process, I found that I had a WAY HARDER time letting go of books than I did my clothes. I think if I weren’t a blogger and found myself going into an office every day of the week, I would have a very basic “uniform” that I would wear every day. Especially as a blogger when stuff is flying into my apartment whether I like it or not and when sharing what I wear is part of my job. This has always worked for me and I can’t imagine how much “stuff” I would have accumulated had I not been in the practice of this. I also did a bigger version when I packed up my Connecticut apartment to move to Hoboken. ( Here’s a video where I walk through the process.) ![]() I’m always surprised that certain things still slipped through the cracks or that my preferences change even with just six months in between. And I do the process again as I’m putting away the new season’s clothes: as I hang everything up, I try to figure out what I don’t need anymore or don’t love. As I’m putting away clothes from the previous season, I take things out that I haven’t worn, don’t love anymore, or for any other reason just don’t want to bring it into the next year and sort it out for donations and giving away to friends or selling to a second-hand site (usually through ThredUp because it’s just so simple). Namely, when I switch my closet over between seasons (twice a year for cold and warm weather), I take everything OUT for the big switch. It’s funny because even before knowing about the method, I basically did my own version of it. (If you’ve watched the entire series and think otherwise, let me know… I’m obviously judging it on the three episodes I watched and can’t speak for the whole thing.) I have a few issues with the show (the use of “babe” in the first episode nearly drove me mad) and I’m not sure you really need to watch more than one episode to really “get it.” I didn’t find it particularly entertaining– instead, more inspiring and perhaps even eye-opening. I watched a couple of episodes one night when I couldn’t fall asleep and nearly jumped off the couch at 2 am to start going through my drawers. Now that she has a show on Netflix, it’s taking off like wildfire again. The practice called the KonMari Method is (very, very basically) about methodically going through belongings and cutting back on anything that doesn’t “spark joy.” I love the idea and I’m constantly trying to pare back on what I have, with more or less success. I’ve skimmed Marie Kondo’s famous The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and I’m sure you’ve at least heard of it as well.
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