Paring down

Something I’ve been working up to for awhile: Years and years of my work shirts - and not even close to all of them - now donated to charity. It shouldn't be difficult to do, but Kristan bought them all, so there's more of an emotional attachment. Even though I don't wear them any more, they represent such a huge piece of my life. Someone mentioned that this must mean I'm committing to not go back to work... Haha! I actually had that commitment before I left, but it’s taken me years, to let go of those perfectly good shirts that I used to wear every day, in my previous life as a "rocket scientist." It's sad to say, but as I look in my closet, I can’t even see the space that I made… I had so many shirts jammed in there, that taking out 50 of them didn’t make much of a difference in the way it looks. They're a little more loosely spaced now, which is great. But I need to do several more rounds of paring down. It’s getting harder, as what remains, are my favorites...