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Look over your keeps pile again. Do you notice several similar items? Do you have 6 pairs of black dress slacks, 3 pink sweaters etc? Do you really need 6 pairs of black pants? Pick 2 or 3 of your favorites, or
ones that are in best shape and toss rest. Do same with sweaters. Pick one to keep.
Don’t forget to look through your socks and undergarments as well. Get rid of anything you wouldn’t want to be seen in. Spend a few dollars on some new items if you don’t have much left when you are done.
Now it is time to put your keepers back in closet. Take a few minutes to figure out what goes where best. Divide your clothes by season and keep them together accordingly. It will make it easy to switch your spring and summer items to back of closet in fall.
A few last tips for those of us tempted to pull stuff back out of do-not-keep piles. If you are planning on using some items as rags, go ahead and cut them up now. You can keep them in a plastic bag or small cardboard box in your cleaning supply closet.
Take bags to be thrown away or given to charity as soon as possible. The longer they sit around house, more tempted you will be to dig something back out.
That’s it. With a little luck you’ll have enough room in your walk in closet to actually walk into it at this point. You may have found clothes you forgot you had and you should have a much better idea of what’s actually in your closet.
Give yourself a pat on shoulder for a job well done and go enjoy first spring days outside.
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