Change of Weather Means Time to Clean

I don't know what it is but whenever the weather changes from either cold to hot or hot to cold, it feels like it's time to clean and organize to get ready for the coming seasons.  Temperatures have been dropping and leaves are changing color so I think it's time to go back to closet and wardrobe organization.  I'm going to be reaching for sweaters and long dresses rather than light blouses and short skirts.  It should be easy to find the things that I will want to wear.

And this is always a good time to get rid of clothes that aren't getting worn and probably won't show much show time in the future.  It can however be difficult to part with clothes, no matter how insignificant they are.  We, especially women, have a hard time parting with clothing.  Maybe it's because of memories of how we look in it, something that happened when we were wearing it, we love the color.  There are thousands of reasons that we trick ourselves into keeping things that we honestly aren't wearing and probably won't again.  We feel like if we toss out clothes from a certain decade or time that maybe we're losing a small part of who we are but really we're just hanging on to baggage.  We all do it.  I know I do.

In scouring the internet for suggestions on how to better deal with the closet clean up, there are several sites with recommendations, tips, tricks, etc.  Don't over complicate things, keep it simple and find what works for you.

This flow chart from Edge Magazine is a good, easy starting point to wardrobe editing.



If you were to follow this chart honestly, you should be able to make significant progress in cleaning your closet.  I think this will be my project for the weekend.

Good luck to anyone else that is going to do the same thing!