My Wardrobe, Myself

The intersection of clothing, emotions, and life

For the past decade-plus, I’ve been selecting a word or theme each January to help guide my life as I navigate my way through the year. Some of the words that I’ve chosen in the past include:  simplicity, joy, deliberate, balance, peace, essential, freedom, enough, less, and lightness. For 2023, I selected the word “clarity,” …

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I got a bit distracted with my last few posts (although I believe they were important ones), so it’s taken me longer to get around to sharing my 2024 word of the year and debriefing my theme from 2023. Although we’re already three months into the year, I actually selected my 2024 word on January …

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In my last post, I reviewed the first half of my “wardrobe bucket list” items – numbers 1 through 10. In today’s essay, I’ll cover items 11 through 20. As with part one of my update, I’ll briefly recap each task/project and then share the progress I’ve made thus far. I’m glad I decided to …

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Earlier this year, I revealed my 2023 “wardrobe bucket list,” a collection of 20 tasks that I hope to complete sometime during this year (see HERE and HERE). I was inspired to create this list by an episode of “The Everyday Style School” podcast, in which the host shared that instead of setting goals and …

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In my last post, I shared the first ten items on my wardrobe and style “bucket list” for 2023. I got the idea for this concept from a recent episode of “The Everyday Style School” podcast, which is hosted by stylist Jennifer Mackey-Mary. Rather than setting concrete goals or resolutions regarding her wardrobe this year, …

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