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View submission: How minimal is unhealthy minimalism when talking about our closets ?
You can always try the hanger trick. You hang all your clothes with the hanger facing the wrong way, and when you wear them you place the item back with the hanger facing the correct way. Then after like a month or a few months, you can see what you’re actually wearing and declutter from there. If I’m unsure if an item, I will hold onto it and give it a few months and if I haven’t reached for it or even remembered it, it doesn’t pass the next decluttering round.
As for a set amount, I really don’t believe in set numbers or rules. It’s individual. Do what is realistic for you but also BE realistic about the items you are keeping. Don’t keep things just because you “might” want to wear it one day.
Comment by nice_dumpling at 26/02/2025 at 14:08 UTC
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I do this but with a variation: I hang the clothes I use on the right, so the ones I don’t use get pushed gradually to the left, in order
Comment by [deleted] at 25/02/2025 at 23:48 UTC
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or you can just look at the item and if you can’t remember when you last wore it, that’s it; that’s your “backwards hangar”
no need to stretch the process out