Things going well on the no-purchasing front - its day 14 and despite trip to London this week and being in either in Leeds, Bradford or Hebden Bridge on the other days, there have been no 2011 purchases, nothing has crossed the threshold :)
Not so great on the crossing the threshold in the other direction front: despite some efforts, have only found 4 things to get rid of........till my friend Sue came up with this GENIUS plan: she reckons the task is made more manageable, not to say an interesting challenge, by doing one of the following:
(a) close your eyes, stick your hand in the wardrobe/drawer, whatever you pull out, you give away
(b) something from the stash of clothes that no longer fit
(c) something from the basket of clothes you intend to alter and still haven't got round to
(d) something by colour
(e) something by type
(f) have a friend in mind, and choose something perfect for them
Hmmmmm. (a) is well too scary as is black belt level of being able to let go - so maybe that's a final test at the end of the year to see if this horder has better habits? (b) = too many unknowns, given that OBVIOUSLY I'm going to lose 2 stone this year. So have softed (b) to 'something that has not fitted for a long time and has no vintage value'. what applies to (b) applies to (c). (d) and (e) are immediately manageable, especially (e) as i organise my clothes by type - so (e) it is then. (f) is a really nice idea for when i have time to go through things more reflectively.
My starter for ten for (e) is shirts/blouses (do i wear blouses?). The aim was one thing out per day so in order to catch up, this means finding 10. Here goes.............
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