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  • Consider for just a moment the benefits of owning fewer clothes.

  • You would have more disposable income available to you,

  • you would have less stress in the morning getting ready.

  • Your closets would be well organized.

  • Packing would be easier.

  • Laundry would be easier.

  • You would have more time and energy to live the life the you wanted to be living.

  • Unfortunately most people don't see this to be the case.

  • And so, the typical American family spends $2000 a year on clothing.

  • Americans throw away 13 million tons of textiles each year.

  • This is 9% of non-recycled waste.

  • So how do we begin owning fewer clothes?

  • Well, I have 5 tips for you.

  • Number 1: decide that you want to own fewer clothes, that you can't be dragged into this decision,

  • that you see the benefits of it, you desire to be true in your life, and in your closet,

  • so make that decision today.

  • The second tip is to choose quality over quantity.

  • It's actually one of the greatest unforseen benefits of minimalism or owning less;

  • that if you're going to own fewer clothes, it means you can own nicer clothes,

  • the ones you want to be owning, instead.

  • Which then leads me to the third tip to owning fewer clothes: embrace the idea of one.

  • Embrace the idea of keeping just your favorites.

  • Your favorite belt, your favorite coat.

  • Your favorite pair of shoes.

  • Your favorite sweaters.

  • Your favorite pairs of pants.

  • You don't have to own a lot, own just a few of your favorite things.

  • One of the benefits then is, when you open up the closet, everything hanging there

  • is your favorite.

  • A fourth tip on how to own fewer clothes is: wear fewer colors.

  • The reality is there tend to be a few colors that we like more anyways, that we look best in.

  • And so just embrace this idea.

  • Don't see it as a constraining reality, but instead, a liberating reality

  • to just own and wear those colors more.

  • Why not, if you look better in them anyway?

  • The fifth tip is to be happy and content in, and embrace, your personal style.

  • Those people that we look up to who are most iconic in fashion tend to have their own personal style,

  • as opposed to scattering from one to another.

  • Henry David Thoreau said it this way, \"every generation laughs at the old fashions,

  • but religiously follows the new.\"

  • Be content with your style, enjoy it, and make it a part of who you are.

  • With those tips, begin to tackle the clothes in your closet, donating, recycling, discarding...

  • Set an amount: maybe you want to get rid of a third, maybe you want to get rid of a half.

  • Make that decision, and go for it.

  • You'll love owning fewer clothes.

  • Trust me.

Consider for just a moment the benefits of owning fewer clothes.

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