Project 333

Hmmm... I came across this the other day while jumping from Unclutterer.com to zenhabits.net to bemorewithless.com (quite the little hop-scotch trip)... All 3 websites have to do with living a fulfilling life with less... or at least more organized... but definitely less...

Anyhow, I came across this Project 333... the idea is to have a wardrobe of 33 items for 3 months... Yup, that's it... The Original Rules are:

• When: October 1 – December 31 (It’s never too late to start so join in anytime!)
• What: 33 items including clothing, accessories, jewelry, outerwear and shoes.
• What not: these items are not counted as part of the 33 items – wedding ring, underwear, sleep, in-home lounge wear, and workout clothing (you can only wear your workout clothing to workout)
• How: over the next two months, outline your 33 items, by the 1st of October, box up the remainder of your fashion statement, seal it with tape and put it out of sight.
• What else: consider that you are creating a wardrobe that you can live, work and play in for three months. If you purchase items for project 333, stick with the one in, two out approach. Consider the essentials and stick to 33.

Apparently it also does not include socks (whew!), but it does include jewellery, scarves, gloves, hats, etc. I'm wondering... Could I make do with 33 items?? Pants, jeans, spiffy clothes, sweaters, t-shirts... hmmm... Doing a mental trot through my closet and my dresser... I think I have at least 33 t-shirts on their own!! And jeans are at least 10 or 12... and shirts are at least 15... and well... hmmm...

I've heard the rule that you only wear 20% of your clothes 80% of the time... and that you wear 80% of your clothes only 20% of the time... I've also heard that one way to figure out what you do wear is to hang your hangers backwards on the closet rod... After 6 months or 12 months, if something hasn't been flipped around to hang the right way, well... you haven't worn it in 6 months or 12 months... so it's time to let it go... It might be time for me to take a look at that...

More later!! Or rather... more about less... later!