{"id":1112,"date":"2019-02-24T17:37:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T16:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2019-02-24T17:48:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T16:48:11","slug":"the-one-where-my-closet-makes-me-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/2019\/02\/24\/the-one-where-my-closet-makes-me-cry\/","title":{"rendered":"The one where my closet makes me cry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Backstory<\/h3>\n

My closet was in chaos. This is the reason why. Over a year or so ago I was forced to slow down a lot due to health reasons. As a result of that, and being a stress-eater, I piled on about 8 kg. This may not seem like much, but when you\u2019re 164 cm tall (or should I say short), it quickly adds up.<\/p>\n

Happy to say that I am now almost back to my old, active self.<\/p>\n

Sad to say that most of the weight I gained is still there.<\/p>\n

This is possibly part of the reason why I went for looser cuts and more layers, and why my lovely pinup dresses were rather neglected in my closet. So, this weekend I decided to tackle the issue and rearrange my closets not in their usual goth vs pinup way (and that line gets surprisingly blurry sometimes), but by how they fit.<\/p>\n

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The Plan for the closet<\/h3>\n

I decided on 3 piles.<\/p>\n

First, obviously, \u201cthese fit\u201d. The second was \u201c-3 kg\u201d, aka I needed to lose about 3 kg for it to fit, and the second was \u201c-5\u201d. This also being 3 and 5 kg with regular workout sessions, not just dieting.<\/p>\n

Here is what my closets looked like before. Total and utter chaos I have no excuse for, except maybe \u2013 Exams happened. A lot of exams. Along with a full time job.<\/p>\n

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This is sometime during half of the sorting. The pile on the back of the chair is \u201c-5\u201d, the one on the seat is \u201c-3\u201d. This was before I tackled the “goth” closet<\/p>\n

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The Aftermath of the closet purge<\/h3>\n

This is what I ended up with: the hanging part and the shelf.<\/p>\n

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I didn\u2019t touch the cardigans as they all fit (and I wear them a lot, so I know), and my night clothes were also left untouched. I kept my larger cardigans and ponchos in the other closet. All in all, I am down to about a third of my entire autumn\/winter wardrobe. The rest is all put away.<\/p>\n

All but one of my wiggle skirts are gone, and the same goes for about 90% of my trousers. About half of my blouses made it through, and about a third of my dresses. Most of my full skirts are gone as well.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I\u2019m gutted. But I know that I needed this, both so I can get a clearer overview of what I can comfortably wear, and to gauge how much work I must do to get myself back in shape.<\/p>\n

And the answer to the last question is- a lot.<\/p>\n

Have you ever done something like this? I’d love to hear your experiences!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Backstory My closet was in chaos. This is the reason why. Over a year or so ago I was forced to slow down a lot due to health reasons. As a result of that, and being a stress-eater, I piled on about 8 kg. This may not seem like much, but when you\u2019re 164 cm tall (or should I say short), it quickly adds up. Happy to say that I am now almost back to my old, active self. Sad to say that most of the weight I gained is still there. This is possibly part of the reason why I went for looserRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[259],"tags":[276,273,275,274,272],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1121,"href":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions\/1121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.venusmantrap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}