We have a lot of stuff. Some of it has value and is used regularly but a lot of it has been moved from home, to home, to home. We finally hit a wall and decided that it was time to make some major changes in our home. I’ve tried a variety of tidying/de-cluttering methods so you won’t be surprised when I jumped on the Konmari* bandwagon.
While Neil was off this past week we both took on the first step of theKonmari* Method and went through and cleaned our closets. Included in the clean out where all of our clothes, coats, shoes, bags and accessories. I was surprised by how much clothing et al that I actually own considering I only wear a handful of items.
I went through my large pile of clothes and ended up with two boxes of off season clothes/pre-pregnancy clothes that still don’t fit but I would wear them in a heartbeat if they did. I also ended up with about 22 articles of season appropriate clothing, 10 or so pajama tops and bottoms and 15 or so workout tops and bottoms, plus one stuffed to the brim bag for thredup.com*, three bags to donate and one bag of items to just toss. Neil on the other hand still has a 40+ item closet, two boxes of off season plus four bags to donate and one bag to toss. #horders
After Konmari*-ing my closet I ended up with an un-intentional capsule wardrobe. This wardrobe includes:
- 1 pair of shorts
- 1 pair of crop pants
- 2 dresses
- 6 black t-shirts
- 3 tank tops
- 3 sweaters/long sleeve
- 1 denim jacket
- 4 sandals
- 1 healed sandal
If I’m being completely honest I would say that I could easily eliminate another 5-8 items from my closet because they don’t give me joy aka I’m not practicing pure Konmari*. Those 5-8 items are ones I kept because going out in the nude is not an option (for me). I have also hit that point in the season where I am having a hard time convincing myself to spend more money on clothes that I will only wear for a few months and ideally I’ll would never wear again because they will be too big (that’s an entirely different post). How do you deal with a lack of clothing when you are far from the size you want to be and you are mid season?
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I subscribe to the idea that even if your body is not the size you want it to be, and you anticipate losing a lot of weight, it’s still important to consider your body’s need at its current state. So if you have a few shirts that you don’t really like, shop around and replace them with something you love and feel great in, even if you’ll never fit in them again after a few months. Then pass them off when you don’t need them anymore. We’re talking about items that you’ll spend entire days in, so they should be things you enjoy and that’s worth the expense, in my opinion!
I keep seeing more and more posts about people who try the Konmari method and wondering if I need to do the same… As for the clothing and sizes, I subscribe to the same line of thinking as Kim. Last year, I was at my heaviest (aside from pregnancies) and for the longest time, I fought buying clothing in a new size because I knew I wanted to lose some weight. But I finally did get a couple of new pieces in different sizes, and felt SO much better. Even if it was for just half the year before I lost some weight, it still made a difference feeling GOOD in my clothes for that time.
Ugh, I hate being there. Honestly, dressing “in season” is not my strong suit. I am still wearing fall colors and dark jeans every now and then even in this sweltering summer heat. I have been trying to make a conscious effort to only buy clothes that I feel great in. I usually shop second hand (I enjoy the treasure hunt), but I have sometimes fallen into the bad habit of just buying something so-so because its cheap. This is how I have ended up with dresser drawers that won’t fully close and a need to inhabit part of my husband’s side of the closet with all of my things. De-cluttering feels so freeing. Good luck to you on your endeavor! Cheers š
I rely on a few things that I can wear a bit big (t-shirts, etc). They can hold me over until I’m truly in smaller size.
youre kickin butt! keep going! I love my entire home and closet ever since I KMed.
I have stalled a bit in our KMing as we are moving and just don’t have the time with two kids to fully KM things but we are going through things as we pack and will KM when we get to our new house.
Just finished clothes today after staring at the pile for two months. I feel good.
I need to get back to or rather re-start the Konmari Method now that we have moved. It feels so good to declutter!