Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Save Hundreds of Dollars a Year, Free Your Mind for Better Things, and Look Good Doing It
I got tired of thinking about clothes.
When I got to calculating the real cost of wearing clothes, I was appalled about how expensive it is to try and keep up with fashion. That awesome shirt you bought for $80 and wore twice? Yeah, that cost you $40 to wear it. That’s stupid.
So I got rid of almost all of my clothes and did this:
I expect to save several hundred dollars this year on clothes by wearing only white shirts and jeans. Exceptions: Special occasions.
When is a white shirt unacceptable? Nice jeans? I’ve got khakis but haven’t had to wear them once this year. And I won’t need to for another 5 weeks.
I’ve been doing this since the new year (beta test from Thanksgiving to the new year), and the mental space this clears up is amazing.
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