Tip O' The Day

[Holly]

(08-27-2010 11:40 AM)Laffitupfzbl Wrote:  Tips - I have a million of them, actually. I'm practically a professional tipster. Should take up the whole blog thing, eh? Meh.

Ok, my best tip (I think) is how to clean out your closet. Steps listed below. If you have too many clothes, you need to try it.

1) Take EVERY piece of clothing you own (except what you are wearing) and pile it somewhere. Table, bed, middle of the floor. Attempt to edit at this point, but it's kinda pointless actually. If you could successfully edit your own wardrobe, you would not be reading this.
2) Put a 2-3 inch of duct tape in the crotch or armpit of EVERY item of clothing. Every one.
3) Put them all away.
4) Pick a date in the future and circle it in RED on your calendar. Set up multiple reminders. The BEST way to do it is make it public. Tell friends and family. Post it on your FB account. The date can be any date you are comfortable with. I usually use 6 months, some folks need a year to get used to the idea that you are going to get rid of LARGE amounts of clothes.
5) When 'the date' rolls around, anything with duct tape still on it means it's not been worn since you marked it all. That means you likely won't be wearing it. That means Goodwill or another local charity SCORES. Or you could set up a nice wine and cheese thing and have some friends and family over to go through your stuff, maybe bring some of their own. Ok, that's pointless, you'll just pick up more stuff. But the wine and cheese and tossing things is definitely recommended!

Anyhoo, happy purging!

This is an excellent tip. I need to purge my closet really badly but had no method! Thanks for this one!

~Holly~