A Person With Three Bags and A Luggage

As an overseas student, I came to Melbourne with just a luggage and some bags. However, years after, I had huge trouble in transporting all of my stuff when moving to a new house. One luggage became three luggages, and three bags became tens of other small bags and boxes.

One problem is that I have way too many stuff.

Note: the picture is not mine, it is taken from the internet for example purpose only.

Unnecessary stuff includes excessive number of clothes (including shoes, pants, and other accessories). Most women and some men, including myself often go shopping to renew looks in order to boost up confidence through better self-image.  Yet, I do not seem to have time to actually wear them. Before I know it, I have hundreds of them.

I have this silly thought. I want new good-looking shirt, yet I still have good clothes to wear. Duh, I really want that shirt, so I bought them. Wow, I look good in that shirt. But I still have five other shirts that I rarely wear ( I have the same train of thoughts when I bought those five other shirts!). I ended up wearing one of those five shirts, because I feel guilty of wasting money. Hmm...

My point is, I have to know HOW to organise my closet.
Determine the total number of every category items, and when to clean them (each should have some spares). For instance (considered low income and budget):
Work: 7 Shirts, 3 Pants, 2 Shoes, 4 Ties. Clean every weekend.
Going out: 3 Shirts, 5 T-shirts, 3 Jeans, 3 shorts. Clean every weekend.
Leisure: 3 Tank tops, 7 underwear, 3 shorts.... and so on... you get the idea....
While shopping and when you ended up buying some clothes, you may keep the other clothes for some time and check the FREQUENCY of the usage.

When you know which items you do not want to wear, put it aside and donate them. I suggest this not to encourage wasting money and keep buying, but hey, how many of you could actually withstand the urge to buy new clothes? well.. only those who does not care about fashion.

Note: the picture is not mine, it is taken from the internet for example purpose only.

It is all about QUALITY and not quantity. You only have 7 days in a week to make yourself pretty or handsome, the future is just repetition. That is why, make sure that each day of your life, you WEAR clothes that you LIKE. However, when you update, you need to be selective and LET GO of what you think are less valuable and DONATE them. Do not be GREEDY and hang on to them. Think this way: If I want them all, I will give myself a headache of choosing what to wear. When I finally decided which one to wear, I am guilty of wasting my money on other clothes as I hardly wear them. If I donate them, they will not be wasted and I help people, less headache, more satisfaction.
Still, it is encouraged to shop WISELY!

When you finally understand your own patterns of buying, wearing, and disposing, you will be able to always wear clothes that you like and shoes that you love. You will not have wardrobe full of old and unused clothes. Besides, you are trained to let go stuff and not being greedy. While achieving all those things, you will not feel guilty as you are treating yourself well (with good quality of clothing and updated styles) as well as being responsible to what you have and being generous by donating your old stuff to those in need.

Well, hope that helps! Constructive feedbacks are welcomed. Please leave a comment if you like the post and thank you for reading!