According to this wacky calendar of days I found, today is Use Less Stuff Day. Now that is a day that I can really celebrate! It speaks to me on so many levels -  about my own home, my family, my clients, my Declutter Your Life groups, the world we live in, the trend towards going green and… my closet.

Yes, my closet.  Or should I say, more succinctly, my clothes. Now, my closet is organized but I felt a little stirring after I read Rachel Meek’s Small Notebook blog. She talked about her clothes; how she decides what to purchase, her “3- piece rule”, and about her comfortably dressy style of clothing.  That blog post really spoke to me and prompted me to explore reducing the amount of clothes I have. If you know me then you know I don’t have as many clothes as the average American woman, but I still have more than enough.

Use Less Stuff Day is a good day to talk about my clothing reduction plan. My plan is not entirely formulated yet but here is the direction I

am headed (or at least I think it is at this point).

1. Adopt the 3-piece rule, adding more sweaters and scarves to my wardrobe

2. Only own 4 pairs of jeans (blue, black, brown and a dressy pair)

3. Only keep 3 pair of dress pants

4. Only have 3 pair of  pajamas

5. Have a “color of the season” (this season it’s blue)

6. Get rid of old clothes and t-shirts I’ve had forever

7. Have a 3:1 ratio of shirts to pants/jeans

8. When I purchase things, make sure they will work for more than one outfit and that they are quality items (and not JUST on sale).

I haven’t decided on my plan for the dresses and skirts yet but I’m sure a goal will come to mind soon. I have already donated one bag of clothing this week.  Right now I see this plan slowly developing but eventually I would like to have less clothing and accessorize more with scarves and jewelry to change things up a bit. What does that look like?  Like a closet that’s half empty! Yep, less to maintain, less to decide, less stuff. I don’t know who made up Use Less Stuff Day (maybe an organizer?) but it is useful to reflect on, isn’t it?