Purging the Closet

It's been said that people generally wear 20% of what they own.  This project will help you figure out what items fall into that category.  The remaining 80% is what you will work on purging from your closet.  What you keep in your closet will largely depend on your lifestyle, work and climate.  Try to minimize your clothing to keeping only what you love to wear.  Here are some guidelines for getting started:

• Define purpose: do you need more casual or business clothing?
• Define season: do you need more summer or winter attire?
• What's your daily uniform? Your favorite outfit that makes you feel comfortable?
• Set limits: the number of hangers you're ok with.  I started with 60 as my goal.
• Pick out the nicest hangers you own.
• Hang everything you can.
• Get rid of anything that doesn't fit properly or is really worn.
• Turn hangers backward to see what you're really wearing.
• In 30-60 days get rid of what you didn't wear.

Once you have purged out the excess you will be ready to organize the things you have left.  The items that you love. The next article will teach you how to organize your newly purged closet!