Lent decluttering: 4 - clothes
Last September I got rid of half of my clothes. So howcome today I managed to select another third of what was left, to be given away too?
I did the same with footwear yesterday: I thought that last September I had only kept a few pairs, but I ended up counting 21, of which I am keeping 12.
I was aware that I had kept some stuff because of sentimental value, clothes that reminded me of a particular circumstance or a person. Guess what? it's in the pile that is going to go. They are just clothes. I hesitated a little bit, put stuff on one pile and then another, until I knew that I was determined enough to part with some of the stuff. The memories are still there, stronger than ever.
All the clothes I had, minus shirts and coats
All the coats and shirts I had
The clothes that I am giving away
The clothes that I am keeping
Sunday 10 February 2008 at 5:42 pm
I did not know that you still observed Lent. Your decluttering is being reflected in my house as well. The Wife is on a mission to clean/declutter our house. We watched several episodes of the tv show Clean House yesterday [I am sick with the flu, despite getting my flu shot this year as always] and that always inspires us. My task is to organize our take out menus and recipes and go through a large pile of paper courteously delivered by the US Postal Service.