Closet Purge

How to complete Closet Purge

Most wardrobes carry a heavy tail of clothes you haven't worn in a year but keep 'just in case.' Pulling those out frees space, makes getting dressed faster, and surfaces what you actually wear.

1. Empty everything onto the bed so you handle each item once and can't avoid the pile
2. Sort into keep, donate, and trash; if you haven't worn it in 12 months and it isn't seasonal or sentimental, it goes
3. Try on anything you're unsure about right then rather than rehanging it on a maybe
4. Bag the donate items and put them in your car or by the door immediately
5. Rehang keepers, grouping by type so gaps are obvious next time

Tips

• Reverse-hanger trick: turn all hangers backward and flip one only after wearing the item, so next year the untouched ones are obvious
• Be ruthless with anything that needs repair or tailoring you'll never get around to
• Don't reorganize while purging; decide first, arrange second

What counts as done

At least one full bag is out the door and every remaining item is something you'd actually wear.