Lately when I look in my closet I feel uninspired. Has that ever happened to you? All the pieces you just couldn’t leave the store without and suddenly you don’t want to leave the house in them. You stare into your once glamorous closet, while secretly thinking that you need to hurry up or you’ll be late for work, and just can’t find anything worth wearing. It’s infuriating. During these stressful times so many women rush off to buy even more clothes thinking it will solve the problem. But in a few days or weeks they find themselves yet again uninspired, and out of some hard earned cash.
So what gives? Simply put when a wardrobe full of amazing pieces no longer makes you feel amazing, it’s usually a sign that something’s off in your life. It can be as simple as your dreaded monthly visitor on the way or it could be dealing with something personal. And though I’m very much of the ideology that what you wear dictates how you feel, there are just some things even the perfect outfit cannot fix.
It’s so important to take time out for yourself, to take care of yourself and DO things that make you feel amazing. If that means spending a day at home in an oversized tee and leggings watching reruns of Sex and the City, then do that! Though we’d love to live everyday lavishly, it’s okay to take a break. In fact I encourage you make time daily just do something that you love. Not only will it help keep you sane, but it will give you much needed energy to get re-inspired.
Now I want to hear from you, what do you do when your closet no longer makes you inspired?
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This is such a cool look!! I love the deep tones and the texture of the clutch.
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Thank you Alicia, it’s definitely one of my favorite clutches.
I enjoy reading your column. I will go shopping! But that isn’t good because then I have too many pieces. I struggle with what pieces that are
Versatile and to purchase, what to keep, and what to donate. Help me decide what to buy, keep, and donate.
I’m glad you like like my post Donna. I can definitely relate to struggling with what you should be spending your money on. If you check out my latest post I actually talk about determining what clothes you should buy for a versatile wardrobe!
I was having such a meltdown Sunday night because I couldn’t think of a good outfit for work on Monday, which was my birthday. I dug around until I came up with an idea. I mixed something old with something new and everything worked out. 🙂
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You are quite right, sometimes in life, the right outfit is the key to feeling empowered and beating a funk, other times no amount of clothes, no matter how much you rationalized buying (needing) them at the time will help, and it’s during those times that I reach for the handful of things in my closet that I’d describe as comfortable and wear those on repeat.
How to get out of the funk, i do not know, but even though I know shopping isn’t helping, I still can’t manage to stop.
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Awesome blog post! I must admit that I’m one of those who will go shopping *insert sad face emoji*…lol. I’ve become more aware of this and actually pared down my closet over this past weekend. Can you believe I got rid of two huge storage totes of things I no longer wear or that I bought because it was on sale…it was pretty on the rack…etc, etc, etc? No more will I do that. I am currently shopping my closet, pairing things I love, and only wearing what I love. That other stuff, yeah, so not me any more. Thanks for sharing this. You look awesome in this outfit girl! That clutch is soooo fab. I want it!
Fabulous clutch – and yes… it’s just awful when you stand there and have no idea on what to wear.
When that happens I try to turn to dresses, its just one garment, a bag, shoes and maybe an accessory.
However there are days when I am super inspired and on that particular moment I’ll put together 5 looks and just store them, garment+necklace all together so when I have the bad days I have something to fall back on.