no not the eminem song... (did I really just reference that?)
I can be very mean to my clothes. I have some really nice "investment pieces" mostly given to me by my dad that I take super good care of but the rest I can be hard on. I am known for making piles of clothes in my room and being really bad about folding and putting them away. I tend to wear everything in the clean clothes basket before I manage to put them away. Maybe this is a result of being in a "uniform" on a daily basis for oh I dunno... 95% of my life? (private school, personal trainer and now liberty market) However my stint at Go Daddy last year put some wear and tear on my clothes that they have never seen before. Most of my jeans are in really bad shape as well as many shirts. I also have a collection of t-shirts that I've had since high school (oh yeah I still fit in them :) )
After I moved a few months ago I didn't unpack everything and I still had 2 boxes (LARGE ones) full of clothes as well as 3 plastic bins full of winter clothes. I needed to change out my seasonal clothes and there was just stuff everywhere. I looked at a lot of things that I just don't wear anymore or were beat up or too big, etc. It was time to do some serious cleaning out. I don't actually NEED more clothes. Other people actually NEED clothes.
I started my donation pile... and it ended up like this...
I can be very mean to my clothes. I have some really nice "investment pieces" mostly given to me by my dad that I take super good care of but the rest I can be hard on. I am known for making piles of clothes in my room and being really bad about folding and putting them away. I tend to wear everything in the clean clothes basket before I manage to put them away. Maybe this is a result of being in a "uniform" on a daily basis for oh I dunno... 95% of my life? (private school, personal trainer and now liberty market) However my stint at Go Daddy last year put some wear and tear on my clothes that they have never seen before. Most of my jeans are in really bad shape as well as many shirts. I also have a collection of t-shirts that I've had since high school (oh yeah I still fit in them :) )
After I moved a few months ago I didn't unpack everything and I still had 2 boxes (LARGE ones) full of clothes as well as 3 plastic bins full of winter clothes. I needed to change out my seasonal clothes and there was just stuff everywhere. I looked at a lot of things that I just don't wear anymore or were beat up or too big, etc. It was time to do some serious cleaning out. I don't actually NEED more clothes. Other people actually NEED clothes.
I started my donation pile... and it ended up like this...
It is so freeing to get rid of things you don't need that others can use.
Maybe we should all try this a little more. We shouldn't hold on to all the gifts God has given us, let's share them with those who haven't been quite as blessed.
Maybe we should all try this a little more. We shouldn't hold on to all the gifts God has given us, let's share them with those who haven't been quite as blessed.
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