Clothing - Part One

The first step is clothing. Marie says you have to get everything from the category out, all at once before you start deciding what you'll keep. I have TONS of clothes. My weight has veered from 25 stone to 13½ stone over the last few years, and whilst I've got rid of the biggest clothes, I still have way too many, this is my wardrobe after a quick sort out when I got some new hangers...

...still stuffed to bursting point, with clothes over the doors, plus other clothes in other wardrobes, and in drawers! Here is the rather terrifying pile of clothes I found around the house. Bear in mind I live in jeans and t-shirts!

Time for honesty here, it took me nearly a fortnight from first blogging and deciding to give this a go to getting those clothes on the bed, and it's taking me just over a week to finally get through them all. It WAS hard to figure out what sparked joy for me, as not a lot did, but I started with the clothes I wear a lot, that I know I like, and I went with the warm, friendly feeling I had with those as a starting point.

I also tried on a lot of the clothes, I know that Marie says you shouldn't really do that, but as my clothes are all sorts of sizes, I had to, as I had to see them on to see if they really did spark joy or not. This also helped me realise why a lot of clothes I really like don't get worn, as it became obvious when putting them on that they were uncomfortable, didn't look good, or didn't suit me. Goodbye, and big thank you's to quite a lot of clothes I have for a very long time!

So after just over a week, here is my wardrobe now - my clothes can breathe in there now. I know that everything in there fits me, it's not a game of russian roulette every time I open the door.

This is what the pile looks like now, all that's left are my t-shirts. I love my t-shirts, and these are what I spend my time wearing, so I'm going to be keeping most of them, but they've been beautifully folded in their drawer since I read the book four years ago anyway! The ottoman and chest of drawers full of folded clothes have been reduced to that washing basket in front of the bed. 

I do hope that my local charity shops are feeling a bit empty, as they have quite a bit heading their way!

I feel so proud of myself for getting this done, I know it's taken a while, but it's done, and it doesn't need doing again - that feels pretty good! Next step is to get everything freshly washed and then I can get folding :o)

Guessing buying those hangers in preparation was a wee bit premature though eh? Oops!