Editing, De-Cluttering, Simplifying....

I've decided that if this weather is going to hang around for awhile, I'm going to do something productive - inside.  That way, when the weather breaks, I'll be ready to tackles things outside.

My project will be to declutter things around here. "Edit" is a big word used by professional organizers these days so I'm going to start editing the heck out of the house...starting with closets.  There are many terrific organizations that could use the things that I no longer use -or can they? Well,  I'm going to de-clutter.  Maybe there will be a home for my cast-offs.  I hope so, anyway!

Why is it we accumulate so much "stuff"?  I've hung onto my "professional" clothes, and that ship has sailed, for sure!  Am I sentimental about having had a "career" and it's over now?  I miss the good folks I worked with and for but I love things the way they are now.  Time to pitch 'em!  (The clothes...not the people I worked with...)

I have three different sizes represented in my closet.  Even if some of those clothes ever fit again, they're far from "current".  Whoever thought shoulder pads in women's clothes were a good idea?  I'm sure I thought I was "all that" back then when all I really looked like was an NFL linebacker!    But not everything in my collection is so dated.  Some of it doesn't fit anymore,  never looked good in the first place or went with anything else in my closet.  We just don't get that dressed up anymore...why am I saving all these dresses and  skirts?

And shoes?  I used to love high heels!  I had some great looking stilettos back in the day. The foot pain that came with wearing them, or towering over most of the men in our circle, was no deterrent.  I rocked that look and what for?  Well, not anymore!  Comfort has become too important so out they go, too!

There really is no good reason to have closets, bulging with things that are no longer of use.  I certainly hope they can be used by someone.  Maybe a kid taking part in an "90's Theme Day" at a school somewhere?  Maybe someone who's into "vintage" will think my cast-offs are a hoot to wear.  I don't know but my closets are going to have the hell 'edited" out of 'em.  It's just "stuff" and I'm going to simplify.

 So if you see someone walking around in stilettos, looking like a linebacker, just know that she found some terrific bargains at a local thrift store and I've accomplished my task!