Unclogging the mind
How keeping a clean closet will make you dress more effortlessly, and a look at my personal t-shirt collection.
My closet is a mess and it’s causing me to forget how to get dressed in a way that I actually like. Let me explain.
Being “good” at fashion or understanding the concept of how to get dressed is not about the clothes themselves, but rather a state of mind that allows you to effortlessly put clothes together that make you feel good.
Reaching that state can be done through researching brands, fabrics, understanding color, experimenting with different styles of clothing, and knowing how clothes should fit you. Once you get those down, it becomes much easier to put yourself in flow state that allows you to get dressed with minimal thinking. Outfits and clothing combinations just start jumping at you naturally just by looking at what is in your closet.
None of that is possible unless you keep your wardrobe organized. I won’t lie, my closet situation right now is not looking so good. Neglecting cleaning it has now caught up to me to the point where I’ve fallen out of that effortless flow state and have fallen into the “I have nothing to wear” state of mind. I know this is not true, so I’m going what I should have done a long time ago. I’m cleaning out my closet.
If you’re ever stuck in that feeling of having nothing to wear, the first thing you should do is evaluate the state of your closet. Is it organized or have you created a pile of the clothes you wear the most somewhere in your house that you refuse to acknowledge?
We’ve all been there. Long night out, you’re tired, maybe you had some fun with the homies and you’re a bit tipsy, so you end up throwing the clothes that night on the nearest furniture you could find. I’m not worried about hanging my expensive top in that moment. I’ll do that tomorrow.
Then tomorrow comes and you forgot that you have stuff to do and you don’t have time to actually hang the clothes from last night. Then you come back and the process repeats itself. After a few days you finally tell yourself that you need to clean that mess but the damage has been done.
Cleaning out your closet is a great way to reset your mind. You get to figure out what you want to wear again, rediscover old items that you’ve tucked away and forgotten about, maybe find a t-shirt that you lost a year ago, but also saying goodbye to items that should have been retired 2 seasons ago.
I’m starting my closet clean out with t-shirts. I have way too many of them, and I think it’s time to finally say goodbye to make space for new stuff in my closet. I’m decluttering.
That little pile of stuff you haven’t worn in a while is affecting how you look at your clothes. Get rid of the stuff you don’t wear anymore! Go through it and pick things you haven’t worn in years, give it a final look and ask yourself if you’re ever going to wear that again. If you don’t get an instant “woah” feeling or “I completely forgot I own this, it’s awesome” then you should get rid of it. Because anything in between “ehh” and “maybe” is only going to end up in some pile in your closet somewhere.
During my cleanup I pulled about 40 t-shirts, but I’m only planning to keep just about half of them. The rest either haven’t been worn in forever or they’re a little too cooked to wear. They need to go.
The tee’s I decided to keep have their own specific purpose or story that’s important to me. There’s tees that might not be the most insane quality but hold a sentimental value, there are tees that are perfect for those really hot days, and high-quality tees that are low maintenance.
Here’s what I’m keeping and why: