I'm reading a new book by Tammy Strobel called "You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap): How One Woman Radically Simplified Her Life and How You Can Too". In it she mentions Project 333 as a way that you can simplify one aspect of your life, your wardrobe.
I really dislike clutter, and what I dislike more than clutter is my packed-tight closet full of clothes. Most days I can't find anything I want to wear, and it's difficult/depressing getting ready for work or to go out and run errands. I've always wished there was a way to simplify things. This Project 333 has you keep only 33 items of your wardrobe and wear them for three months. You box up your remaining wardrobe and put it out of sight. I think after doing this long enough you begin to realize that you can live with a much smaller closet of clothes, and that it makes your life easier whenever you need to get dressed. Gretchen Rubin also talks about how cleaning out her closets makes her happier in "The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun ". All these authors talk about the same theme. How simplifying our lives and uncluttering our lives, can make us happier. Less stress, less depression, less to think/worry about, and your stuff ends up not controlling you anymore.
I've decided, when I get a chance this weekend, I'm going to try to get my wardrobe down to approximately 33 things. And then box everything up and put it aside. I sort of do this when I go through my closet for donations. I pack up the donations in a garbage bag, and then I store it for a month or so. If during that month I don't need to go into that bag to grab an item, I should be good to go and am ok with donating those items.
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