A Spiritual Guide to Decluttering: How to Kill Your Darlings and Clean Your Closet

You have spare change hiding in the depths of your closet. Did you know that? Maybe even enough to get you that Ganni faux leather you have been eyeing for months. If you were looking for a spiritual sign to get rid of what no longer serves you, this is it.

Technically speaking, making space is a crucial step in manifesting new beginnings, and applying this principle to something as simple as editing a closet can be a game-changer.

The act of cleaning out a closet is simultaneously provoking as it is exhausting. It is not the act of organizing itself that is grueling, but the idea of throwing away pieces of sentimental value, fueling up the anxiety of needing them and not having them when the occasion calls.

“What if I spontaneously get invited to a yacht party in Mykonos and don’t have this particular bodysuit that is a perfect fit for the setting?”

To get rid of the clothes that still reside in your closet solely because of violently specific imaginary scenarios you made up, one must give up the “what if” mentality.

If the occasion didn’t call for it over the last three years, it is not going to anytime soon.

“I was wearing this very skirt the first time I sipped the new coffee flavor at the office!”

A wise man once said, "Nostalgia is truly one of the great human weaknesses. Second only to the neck."

Clothes have a funny way of slowly transforming into souvenirs. Yet there are some memories one cannot possibly benefit from holding onto, like a JCPenney hand-me-down you snatched from your college roommate. Accept that the piece had its moment and release it back into the universe.

Clean Your Closet, Turn Trash into Treasure

Two words- Sell or donate. Either you make money, or you make a thrifter at Salvation Army very happy.