A Teenagers Closet - What clothes do I keep?

A Teenagers Closet - What clothes do I keep?
By: Merle E. Givens - Meg Simplifies Teens

Do you look at your clothes and ask this? I wonder which clothes I should keep.  There are too many for me to choose.  Do you hesitate to get rid of clothes because you might want them later? Many teens find they have an abundance of clothes.  Does this sound like you? Then, you need a path to progress and a step-by-step method that works.  Let’s begin, so soon you can say, I know what to wear and I can find it.  


Sorting Clothes


How much clothes should you have?  Well, that depends upon the size of your space and if you plan to actually wear all of your clothes.  If you do not have the space, you most likely will begin to get messy again and you are back to asking yourself, wear did I put that.  Your goal is to keep only what you actually wear and use the most or for special occasions.


Make sure to set a weekend or specific day to sort your clothes closet and drawers. 


Your plan should be to only store or hang enough clothes to fit 80% or less of your closet.  This gives you added space for empty hangers and makes your closet look nicer and easier for you to slide clothes over when looking for a particular item.  No more excuses overstuffing your closet or drawers.  Your plan helps make clothes easier to see and easier to keep up with when you start your day.  


Here is the plan. Sort your clothes by categories. Take out all your shirts first; ask yourself, which ones you wear the most through out the month.  Keep these in a keep pile on your bed. Next, what shirts do you wear for special days of the year?  If you wear them more than once or twice, decide now if it is worn this year or not.  Either keep or put in a give away/sell/trade pile.  Ask and see if a friend wants these first, then get rid of the rest.


On some clothes, you may feel that if you give them away you might regret it.  Ask yourself, why do I feel this way?  Is it because you just need something to wear with it?  Does it need mending?  Are you going to buy something to make it worth wearing or actually mend it within the month?  Does it fit you now?  If, not then remove it unless you are already on your way to getting into it. If you truly want to wear something, you make it happen by doing something to make it so. If your answer is no, then get rid of it and quit fretting over it.  


Keep going through the above process with your other clothes each category at a time until you finish sorting.


Organize your clothes and accessories comes next. You are now ready for the next step that of putting your clothes in order for storage in your closet or drawers.


Go to next article entitled 'A Teenagers Closet - How to Organize' and begin: http://megsimplifies.blogspot.com/2011/06/teenagers-closet-how-to-organize.html


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