In the blink of an eye, my home has been closed for more than a month. Originally, spring and summer were a good time to add new clothes, but I didn't buy a single new piece of clothing (strictly speaking, the few clothes I bought have always been in the "on-the-go" state).
I didn't buy a new one, but I was given the opportunity to put away my old clothes for myself and Little D.
In fact, I am a person who does not like to spend energy on storage, I have encountered problems, you may have a similar experience:
1. The wardrobe has exploded, but every time a new season comes, new clothes will still be bought.
2. Wear a few pieces that are always piled up outside, and a large number of clothes lie in the closet to accumulate dust.
3. When I want to find a certain piece of clothing, I can't remember where it was stuffed.
4. Always feel like you have no clothes to wear, and the wardrobe is always missing one Mr.Right
In order to solve these problems, I later learned a trick: to examine the actual value of each piece of clothing to me, and force myself to do subtraction.
I've found that true storage is not simply "hiding" clothes neatly into the invisible place.
It's like losing weight is never about eating less or running a few more kilometers, but about a shift in long-term habits and self-awareness.
Solve before storage: "Break away"
01
If storage is an improvement in the reality of the situation, then the most fundamental way to solve the wardrobe explosion is to reduce blind buying and buying.
I'm not the kind of person who can do it at all, but I've now learned to identify my own impulse shopping.
And I've found that buying the right thing is also "saving/making money", and by eliminating unwanted clothes in the closet, it is helping us understand our needs again and again.
This, in turn, will help us buy better next time and naturally "earn more" (haha, look at me, I can always find excuses for myself to buy and buy
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And share with you some of my methods.
1 Eliminate clothes that don't bring you practical value
As the "boss" of the wardrobe, every piece of clothing can be seen as an employee of the company, they bring use value (wear), and we pay for the wardrobe space.
The more frequently a single piece of clothing is used (the more times it is worn), the greater the benefits.
And those clothes that are used very infrequently and take up space in the wardrobe are all for us to lose. Thinking about it this way, you know which ones are going to be eliminated.
To name a few:
1. Worn out (yellowed, deformed, damaged)
2. I bought it for a long time but never wore it
3. Gifted by others and not suitable for oneself
4. It's okay to look at it alone, but it's very difficult to match
▲With black holes
In fact, the simplest criterion is:
"I haven't worn it in a long time, try it today"
Before going out: "Forget it."
Which piece to wear out is not confident, uncomfortable, they know best.
Or use the ex-boyfriend rule, brain to make up, this dress, you wear a chance encounter with the ex-boyfriend, will not feel humiliated, social death, if you will, throw it away.
2 Establish a "buy buy buy" fund
Over the years, I would save a "buy and buy fund" every month, take 15% of my income as a budget to buy clothes, and buy within the limit every month.
If I particularly want a large item, I will have more incentive to hold back and not buy it for a few months and save the time to buy a large one.
To share a more "advanced" approach, from one of my girlfriends who does finances.
She will allocate the budget on an annual basis. For each piece bought, give it a unique number, write the name, and the purchase amount.
The most important thing is that the attitude towards this dress will be reviewed afterwards, divided into four grades: like, general, special like, regret.
After doing this for 2 years, she has been able to drastically reduce the cost of clothes and really love everything!
Seeing this, I guess someone will be like me, over budget, but when you meet "true love", what do you want to have?
Haha, I will too. I found a good way to add it to my cart and tell myself, tomorrow, or a week later, to see it, and if I really like it, I'll buy it.
As a result, I will find that most of the "upper head" is short-lived, and after adding to the shopping cart at that time, I don't want to buy it after the rational return.
This trick is learned from parenting, called "psychological immediate gratification, delayed action gratification".
3 Talk to the heart and deeply analyze the internal reasons for continuous purchase
Finally, and most importantly, in fact, the motivation to buy non-stop is "healing".
For a while, because the work life was too stressful, I kept placing orders to buy clothes to alleviate my inner anxiety.
A friend of mine failed at the same time in business and marriage a few years ago, and when she fell to the bottom, she was happy by buying clothes.
Everyone has to be honest with themselves about this, and for me, if spending money can really "get" a little happiness for a while, then try it and diversify the way you spend money a little.
For example, I also have to buy clothes to treat anxiety, I later simply bought sportswear/sneakers, and after buying them, I urged myself to work out more regularly.
Slowly, fitness became a habit and healed my anxiety.
Including spending money on puzzle blocks, going to a concert, and eating a delicious meal, it's all a truth.
Cultivate your own new hobbies and use hobbies to fill the "hole" in your heart.
Practical tips for storing clothes
02
After talking about "interception", let's talk about the storage techniques that I think are quite easy to use.
1 Storage is for convenience
The basic principle of my storage is: everything should be combined with my own habits. Good storage is to make me feel that life is more convenient, not to become a "model room" or a circle of friends, to make myself more troublesome.
2 Can hang to hang
Shirts, suits, dresses, coats and other such can be hung up the best, folded and placed easy to fold deformation, and then take it out is not easy to wear.
When hanging, it can be classified according to material, color and thickness, which is easy to find and looks neater.
In addition, the wardrobe space is limited, in order to maximize the use of multiple layers of hangers, so that clothes, pants vertically arranged, so that the original can only hang one piece of space, at the same time hang several pieces.
To share with you 3 hangers and tools that I find easy to use.
A. Hanger without hanging marks
Taobao search for "hangers without hanging marks", choose a lot, you can prevent clothes from hanging on the shoulders.
This one I use to hang more delicate clothes, such as silk shirts or sweaters
These two styles I use to hang heavier clothes, such as coat coats
If there are a lot of conventional hangers at home, if you don't want to replace them in large quantities, you can put a widening protective cover on the hanger, and you can become an anti-hanging shoulder hanger.
Taobao search "IKEA Buméran"
B.S type multi-layer trouser rack
Let the pants be stacked and hung several in a row, effectively saving wardrobe space
Taobao search "S-shaped pants rack"
C. Scarf tie storage artifact
Long strips of items can be hung in, I don't have many tie scarves at home, but there are many sweatpants, and this thing is quite good to hang thin and base, at a glance, it will never be thrown into a corner and can no longer be found.
Taobao search "scarf holder"
▲Hung 10 pairs of leggings
3 Everything can be rolled
Small T-shirts, shorts, mostly made of pure cotton, are not afraid to fold. You can stack them into small rectangular blocks and then make them "stand up", just like building blocks, which can also maximize the space in the wardrobe.
▲ Clothes "row station"
The following method is what my colleague taught me, so that the baby's clothes can be "rolled up", and can also be put into the wardrobe before the first match, reducing the preparation time before traveling.
This process allows the baby to participate, take the baby to collect together, and help build a sense of "managing your own clothes".
▲Step diagram
Good mood and self-disciplined state of life, I enjoy the process.
But...... Really not everyone, every home, must be stored in a spotless, uniform look, some sofas, is always able to grow clothes, grow melon seeds, peanuts all kinds of snacks, grow Ge You paralyzed dad ...
After all, there are all kinds of interesting souls in the world, and no storage method can absolutely satisfy everyone.
Storage is not actually necessary, it is not a compulsory course in life. How to make yourself and your family happy and how to live, is.