Closet Confidence: Navigating Size Choices for a Streamlined and Organized Wardrobe
I don’t know about you, but I need some new clothes. 👚
I’ve been wearing the same old ragged cozy clothes (stained sweats) for the past few years and it’s time to refresh things.
This weekend I decided to go shopping and treat myself to something new. I found a shirt that I loved but I was torn as to which size to buy.
One size was a little bit big on me. I felt comfortable in it, but I just knew that the minute I bought it I was going to lose weight…and then I would have wasted my money and I still won’t have anything to wear.
The other shirt was just a bit too tight. It looked adorable if I was sucking in my stomach and not breathing (that’s healthy, right? 😉), but I didn’t feel like I could really relax in it…but, hey, I know I’m going to lose weight soon.
Then my inner critic chimed in, telling me…I “should” be in a smaller size. Maybe buying the smaller shirt will encourage me to work out more often.
No, thank you, inner critic! ❌
We’ve all been there. Trying to make a decision about our clothes, pulled between where we are and where we want to be. And it often ends the same way…with half of our closet jammed with clothes we either can’t fit into or don’t really love.
And all of this is done in the name of inspiring some future version of ourselves that may or may not ever come. Or we might be using it as motivation. Or as accountability… “if I spend this money, then I will have to fit into it.”
But really, I think we often do this to punish ourselves for not being where we think we should be.
We have such intense expectations for ourselves.
We waste so many precious moments in the present, longing for some future that isn’t even here.
And we deserve so much more than that.
It’s time to re-think this pattern in our lives and closets.
I explored this in a recent Wellness Revolution Podcast I did with Amber Shaw.
So, back to my fitting room conundrum…
What did I do? Well, I have a rule that if I haven’t worn something by the time its return policy is ending, I have to return it. I kicked my inner critic to the curb and took an authentic look at who I am at this moment. If I’m really being honest with myself, the smaller shirt isn’t going to fit in 3 weeks.
So, I took a deep breath, grabbed the larger size, and checked out.
I deserve to have clothes that fit my body…not make my body fit my clothes. And you do too.
Say yes to who (and where) you are today. You are freaking-mazing!
And you deserve to be celebrated and loved, exactly as you are.
