Hi everyone! Today I'm purging my closet.
It's the holiday season, so what better time to get rid of the things you no longer use,
make room for new things, and start the new year off fresh?
I'm Marie Kondo-ing it.
Which, by the way, did you all know that she started
selling little trinkets? She has an online shop. And some of the stuff is useful, okay,
it's like organizational boxes and kitchen things, but some of it is like...
a tuning fork and a crystal, or an $86 candle.
Things that make you go...
Which you know, I guess if that sparks joy for her, then who am I to judge? Right?
Cause making money sparks joy for everyone. Which is why this video is sponsored by Poshmark.
Boom! Seamless segue!
Poshmark is an app that you can use to sell your clothes, accessories, and household items.
I'm gonna be using it today for some of the stuff that I'm clearing out,
you can download it with the link in the description to shop my closet or your favorite brands.
I've got two bags here. Alright, this is Poshmark... this is Donate...
Let's open the closet.
Okay, there's some old receipts in here but there's also like a... cherry pit, I think this is?
Oh god.
No cherry pits will be included in what I'm selling. Sorry.
Okay. So. Here's a thing.
I have a little rule for myself to keep my life simple, which is when I buy an
article of clothing I get rid of an article of clothing. It's not always an exact, one-for-one
exchange, I'm not that strict with myself, but it keeps me from collecting too many things
and it keeps me thinking about what I use and what I don't use. If I have a shopping
trip, for example, where I buy three or more things, I will get rid of at least one. I
do purges like this on a semi-regular basis too, at least twice a year, because I'm always
feeling like I have too much stuff. Today's purge isn't because I just bought a lot of
stuff, I just feel like it's a great time of year to be doing something like this. You
make room for new things that you're about to get, you can think about what you have
and haven't used throughout the course of the year, and maybe your New Year's resolution
is to get your sh*t together, to get organized. It's a great time to do it.
Resolutions don't have to wait. Seriously.
Why wait to get organized, to eat better, to exercise, just do it...
now. Do it now.
Just do it! I hope someone GIFs that.
Soooo.
Another closet organizational thing that I've done before and really liked
was at the beginning of the year to take all
the hangers and turn them the opposite way. And when you wear something, and wash it and
put it back, you put the hanger the right way. It's a really easy way to visualize what
you have and haven't used. So at the end of the year, if there's anything facing the wrong
way, you'll know that you haven't used it and you can get rid of it.
I'm pretty sure I stole that from a Real Simple magazine years ago,
which my mom used to get and I always loved to read.
Alright, first of all, why do I do this to myself? I'm just like stressed that I have
empty hangers hanging in random places throughout. I like to group all the empty hangers together,
you know? Or maybe you don't know. Maybe I'm crazy. Also this is my bass. The red bass
lives right here. And what is this jacket doing in the middle of shirts? It's just...
I'm a disaster. Empty hanger, empty hanger.
Alright, I've got a feeling that I've got
some dresses back here that I don't want. I've worn this dress in two videos but I really
haven't worn it since. I think it's time to go. It's one of those where completely lifting
my arms is slightly difficult. It's so cute though. But honestly, that's what this purge
is about, okay! You're going in the bag.
Also, I always do a seasonal closet switch, like
I move things back and forth between storage boxes, closet, and the drawers, which apparently
you're not supposed to do that? But I've been doing that for so long I don't know if I can
break that habit. I sort of enjoy it too, like the switch is its own ritual.
I have a bunch of button-up work shirts as well, because you may or may not know, I do have
a "real job." It's a part time job as an audiovisual technician and I have to be business casual
for that. So I do tend to collect a lot of slightly more formal things.
I don't tend to spend a lot of money on work clothes though, I'm talking like H&M, and because of that
they don't always hold up. Like this one really smells like an armpit, and I'm afraid that it needs to get thrown away.
Ooh, my mom is an amazing seamstress and she just finished
sewing this blouse for me. I was originally going to wear it in a music video, but then
the wardrobe took a different direction, but she still got it made, and I have to find
something to wear it for now. It's so cute, it's so fun, and it fits me perfectly!
Alright, here's a problem. This sweater is a great light weight and it's a very pretty color,
but it has some snags in it. I feel like I should DIY it and snag it all up, make some
really big tears in it, and make that like, the look. But I don't really know how to do
that, I also don't know if anyone would want it as is, so maybe I'll just list this for
like... a dollar, and see if anything happens to it. It's funny because so many of these
things I want to be like, "And this is what I wore in the blah blah blah video!" This
is sweater that I wore in the Covers Interrupted of Feeling Good, when I smashed my head onto
the piano.
Oh, so much cleaning. It's making me hot.
Okay, let's go into the other side
of my closet. This is like the forgotten side. It's where the good stuff's gonna be.
This closet design is just top notch. The door ends here, but the closet continues till this wall.
So this is like the stuff that I don't have to get to, because it's extremely inconvenient to get to it.
This is a jacket that I haven't worn in probably 2 years.
This is a blazer that I haven't worn in like 5 years. It's so cute though.
And I keep being like, "Oh, I'll find someplace to wear it!" And I don't.
Bye.
Same thing here. This like military jacket.
I keep thinking that I'm gonna wear it but every time I put it on, it's like... weird,
and I end up not wearing it. I don't know. I love the idea, I don't love the reality of it.
Ooh, yup. I was pre-meditating this video, thinking of the things that I wanted
to get rid of. This is one of them. I've never worn this. It still has the tag on it. I've
had it for months. I'm not gonna wear it.
This is the section with my workout clothes,
definitely gonna get rid of some of these. But not gross. Not in a gross way, because
they're workout clothes that I never wore.
These t-shirts were from a Halloween-themed mystery box.
And I love the idea of mystery boxes. They're so alluring to me.
But the reality of them is always disappointing, and I never like the stuff that I get from them.
So these two t-shirts are examples of that. I'm sorry, I tried to love you. Oh, there's
definitely some good stuff down here, because these boxes
Which you can't see-- hold on I gotta adjust the camera.
These boxes are my off-season boxes. But they're also just
like weird occasion, don't often have a use for them boxes. Like this Hufflepuff scarf.
This yellow is so cute with this color of this top though. Yes.
Anyway, I guess this is another reason why I like to do the off-season switching thing.
Because when I open these boxes back up, I see stuff that's like, "Oh I forgot I had that."
And if I didn't miss it, it can go.
Oh yes, this is a gem. So when I first moved to LA, I needed a survival job.
And it was at Starbucks.
I don't know why I'm keeping this, but I just feel like being able to dress up as a barista
someday might come in handy, I don't know.
You artistically arrange the pastry case one time and you're stuck opening the store,
getting up at 4:15 am, for the rest of your career. One time.
Shouldn't have done such a good job.
Also this-- I almost called this a robe-- this apron is huge on me. Like, in the back it
almost overlaps, and so there's like no slack left to tie the tie with. So what I would
do is like wrap it around and then I would tie the tie in front, because like I wanted
to make it cute. Okay? I work better when I feel cute.
And this apron, let's be honest, it did not make me feel cute.
Neither did the hat, really, but it did keep me from having to get up any earlier than 4:15 am to do my hair. So.
When I moved to LA, I had no job,
I only had the YouTube channel, and I started looking for a real job. I didn't really want
to work at a coffee shop, so I started looking for other jobs first, jobs that had something
to do with my college degree. I found a job as an audiovisual tech, but I didn't have
enough hours to make it, so I had to pick up another job. And for a couple months I
was working 50-70 hours a week, having 3 days off a month, and it was terrible. I was under
so much stress and I was still barely making rent. And I know that I'm incredibly privileged
because there are some people that have to do that for a lot longer than a couple months.
And that's why I love Patreon so much, and that's why I can seriously say that it changed
my life. Because it let me quit this job. It gave me back a social life, and it gave
me back more than 5 hours of sleep a night.
What is this? Ohhhh. Halloween costume.
See, I don't know, I feel like this could be useful. This is when I dressed up as Louise from Bob's Burgers.
I have the hat in my hat bin up here. This is something I only wore once but I feel
like it could be useful for something. A last minute costume. It's just so easy. And that's
why I'm hesitant to get rid of it. I don't know, what do you all do? Do you keep Halloween
costumes or stuff like this, or do you get rid of it after you use it once?
Well I think that's gonna be it for now. I feel good to be getting rid of these things.
A lot of them I knew that I should have already gotten rid of them.
I'm gonna go ahead and take pictures of these things so I can list them.
Don't forget that you can download Poshmark from the link in my description to shop my closet or your favorite brands.
Hope you all enjoyed this video. If you did please let me know with a like and a comment.
I would like to wish you all a happy holiday season and a happy New Year.