Of course the assumption here is that everyone knows what I
mean when I say closet purge. Quite simply, it means going through my clothes,
which mainly reside in my closet, and getting rid of at least some of them. A
good purge also involves reorganizing the remaining items, but I’m never that
motivated. The last time I even got rid of something was for a clothing swap in
May, which totally doesn’t count since I managed to leave the swap with more
clothes than I started.
There are many reasons why one should regularly purge their
closet. So far I’ve been very successful at coming up with solutions to avoid
it. Don’t believe me? Alright, well here are a few reasons and what I consider
perfectly adequate solutions:
Reason 1: You can no
longer close the drawers of your dresser.
Non-Closet-Purge Solution: Move clothes that would typically
be in drawers to hangers. When this stops working, use the weird shelves in
your closet. If that fails too, stop closing drawers. If you constantly leave
certain ones open there’s more room.
Reason 2: You run out
of hangers.
NCP Solution: Omg so easy to handle, it’s laughable. For an
instant fix double up certain items. You can almost always fit 2 dresses on a
hanger. Buy more hangers the next time you’re at the store.
Reason 3: Nothing fits well.
NCP Solution: Buy more clothes, and then use solutions 1
& 2 to make room for them.
Reason 4: Seriously there’s no room in the dresser or
closet.
NCP Solution: Don’t wash all your clothes at once. Always
have some dirty so they can chill in the hamper. The next time you travel,
leave some clothes in the suitcase. Start using other areas of the bedroom
(desk, chair, bags from shopping) to store clothes. You can also buy plastic
drawers to hold items like socks or camis.
So why closet purge when you have all these great solutions
available to you??
Because apparently you’re drifting towards the “hoarder”
line. One of my friends delicately mentioned at some point that I have hoarding
tendencies when it comes to clothes. I thought she was joking. I’m starting to
suspect she was not. For giggles, I decided to look up common signs of a
hoarder. While I feel many have no relevance to me whatsoever, there were some
that hit a little close to home. I texted said friend Jenn about it, and based
on her comments decided maybe it would be a good idea to at least do a quick
inventory of certain items.
At quick count, I currently own:
10 pairs of jeans (not counting the black ones)
47 pairs of socks
50 pairs of underwear
And 32 dresses
Those are the only items that are really grouped together,
so that’s all the counting I’m willing to do. And when I say quick count, I
mean counting the ones on hangers/in drawers. I wasn’t motivated enough to go
through the hamper, suitcases, or bins of stored clothing in my closet. Or the
stack of clothes on top of the bins in my closet. Almost forgot that existed.
Those are normal numbers, right? I mean sure I could go an
entire month wearing only dresses alone and never need to do laundry, but the thing is those are
appropriate for different occasions, so I wouldn’t really do that.
The thing is, I hate getting rid of clothes. It’s
impractical. So what if some of those jeans don’t fit? That means they don’t fit
RIGHT NOW. It’s entirely possible that at any point I could gain/lose weight
and then they’d fit again. Styles and opinions change all the time, so that shirt
I don’t like today might be my new favorite next year. A dress is ripped
entirely down one side? One of these days I might be motivated enough to take
it to get fixed. It’ll happen. Ok yes,
it’s been a year since I ripped it, but motivation can come at any point!
This is why when I briefly kept a spreadsheet of what I wore
on client visits I had trouble organizing it. There were too many options to
make it easy to navigate. I completely understand Cher’s need for a computer
program to track her clothes. Is it cheating if I try to get one of those
instead of actually doing a closet purge? Nah.
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