20 Days, 3 Ways, __ Bags: Clothes

We all have dreams of what we want to look like.
We see a picture in a magazine and think “I will look like that someday” (or dream that we will).
We see a manikin with an outfit on and think “I want that outfit” – yet when we try it on, it looks like anything but.
We dream of having a different life – one where we WOULD be wearing all the clothes we dream of wearing.

Then reality hits.

It is just a materialistic dream.

We hang on to clothes in hopes that one day they will fit. That one day I will look the way I want to look in it. That one day I will need it.
And those days never come.

What we need to start asking ourselves is:
What do I wear everyday?
What does an average day look like and does my wardrobe reflect this average day?
Are any of my clothes falling apart?
Do all of my clothes fit?
Is each piece of clothing practical?
Is it me?
Why do you own what you own?

How you answer those questions with regards to each piece of clothing, will determine how many bags you will fill.

No one has the same wardrobe – so why do we spend so much time trying to look like OTHER people? We see a cute outfit on someone and automatically we have cloth envy. We are trying to imitate others, instead of being ourselves.

It has taken me some time to think through this concept. What am I most comfortable in? The clothes I have, do I own because I am trying to look like someone else? My body shape is unique to me – no one else looks like me. So why not try to be myself?

I enjoy comfortable clothes. I enjoy my thrift store purchases. I need to keep going through my clothes, but if they are not “me,” I should not own them. I want to keep creating my own style because it is ME, I want to be.