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Goodbye Too Tight Jeans - Clutter Challenge Day 5 Without Overwhelm · Overwhelmed Working Woman: Boost Productivity, Master Time Management, Overcome Overwhelm & Stop People Pleasing

• 0:01
  Speaker 1: Hey friend, you're listening to Overwhelmed Working Woman.
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: I'm Michelle Gothier, I'm your host and today is day five of the decluttering challenge.
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: Today we're going to be talking about clothes that don't fit.
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: I swear every woman I know has done this at one time or another.
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: So if this is you, no shade, you're in good company.
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: But are you a person who saves clothes that don't fit you anymore?
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: Either the size doesn't fit or it just doesn't fit your lifestyle anymore.
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: When we do this, we think that it's going to either motivate us to get back to the size that we were when we wore those whatever size jeans, or that we are keeping something on hand just in case.
• 0:51
  Speaker 1: So, for example, when I quit the corporate world, I kept like three suits in my closet just in case, just in case.
• 0:59
  Speaker 1: What If I were to ever get a new corporate job, I wouldn't be wearing those suits from like 2006,.
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: Right?
• 1:07
  Speaker 1: So when we're saving things for some future event that will probably never happen, or we're saving things because they don't fit and we are trying to like I'm using air quotes on motivate, because it doesn't work to motivate yourself, motivate yourself to get back to that size.
• 1:25
  Speaker 1: Or we're saving things because, yeah, they're not in style anymore, but I'm going to save these skinny jeans for next time they come around.
• 1:33
  Speaker 1: First of all, it's going to be like 10 years at least before they come back around, and when that happens, they'll be slightly different.
• 1:40
  Speaker 1: Or you'll be slightly different and you're going to want a new pair, anyway slightly different, or you'll be slightly different and you're going to want a new pair anyway.
• 1:47
  Speaker 1: I don't see any rhyme or reason to any of these three.
• 1:53
  Speaker 1: The thing that is, I think, most distressing to our mental health is keeping sizes that don't fit us anymore.
• 1:57
  Speaker 1: What happens when you do that is you walk into your closet like I'm picturing this exact dress.
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: When I'm thinking of myself doing this, you walk into your closet and you're like what should I wear?
• 2:06
  Speaker 1: Oh, this navy blue dress.
• 2:08
  Speaker 1: I always liked this.
• 2:09
  Speaker 1: This one is cute.
• 2:09
  Speaker 1: I get it out.
• 2:10
  Speaker 1: Oh, that's right, that doesn't fit me anymore.
• 2:12
  Speaker 1: That used to fit me.
• 2:13
  Speaker 1: Why doesn't that fit me anymore?
• 2:14
  Speaker 1: Should I try it on again?
• 2:15
  Speaker 1: Let's try it on again and make myself, you know, feel yucky about it again.
• 2:20
  Speaker 1: It's just a constant reminder that your body has changed.
• 2:23
  Speaker 1: Instead of celebrating what I am now, who I am now, what I wear now, it just keeps you in the past and kind of keeps you feeling negative and shamey.
• 2:33
  Speaker 1: And when your closet in this case I'm talking about one dress, but if your closet has five dresses like that and six pairs of jeans and three t-shirts like that, it's just over and over sending that message to your brain and you're adding a lot of clutter because those are never things that you're actually going to put on your body.
• 2:51
  Speaker 1: So it's just crap that you have to sort through to get to the clothes that fit and make you feel good.
• 2:58
  Speaker 1: And, like I said at the beginning, keeping clothes just in case you return to a certain size just puts an unhealthy pressure on yourself and it gives the message that where you are right now isn't good.
• 3:10
  Speaker 1: And what if you just focus on where you are right now and making that good and not worrying about what size you used to be Okay?
• 3:20
  Speaker 1: So today's challenge, however, that message I just gave, resonated with you, whether you're a person who keeps sizes that are too small for you, keeps things just in case you're ever going to be in a business meeting where you need a navy blue suit from 2006, or you use it to put guilt and pressure on yourself.
• 3:40
  Speaker 1: Whichever one of those resonates with you on yourself.
• 3:43
  Speaker 1: Whichever one of those resonates with you, the challenge today is to open your closet, find one item that meets that criteria and put it in your donate pile.
• 3:51
  Speaker 1: If you're like Michelle I don't have a donate pile make your donate pile like the front seat of your car.
• 3:58
  Speaker 1: Just put it in a bag so you can drop it off at Goodwill next time you drive by Goodwill.
• 4:00
  Speaker 1: If this feels uncomfortable, that's okay.
• 4:02
  Speaker 1: Change always feels uncomfortable.
• 4:04
  Speaker 1: It doesn't have to feel great right away, but you honestly might feel very free and very good if you do that and since it's almost the weekend if you're doing this, you might just wanna keep going and get rid of all the crap in your closet that doesn't fit you.
• 4:17
  Speaker 1: It is the most empowering, freeing thing to have a closet full of clothes that fit you and that you like and that you feel good in.
• 4:25
  Speaker 1: Today is the last day of the challenge, but it is not too late to get entered into the drawing to win a gift card to the container store or a one-hour coaching session with me.
• 4:37
  Speaker 1: So, if you haven't yet, go to the link in the show notes, sign up for the emails and reply back to me and tell me what item you got rid of or put in your giveaway pile today and you will be entered.
• 4:50
  Speaker 1: Okay, I hope you have a great weekend and I hope you get rid of lots of clutter.