There is a site called Six Items or Less: a global experiment examining the power of what we don’t wear. Now, to me, this sounds like a communist plot against all that is good in this world. Only six items to wear for a month? Fallout shelters with huge closets, anyone?

Before I started this blog, I smugly went into one of my drawers (bras and drawers are not included in the six. So maybe they have not lost their senses or their good hygiene) and counted my white Tee shirts. I assume I have less black ones since they don’t show the stains. The total of white tee shirts is 19. Black tee shirts numbered 23.  Don’t ever assume.

I decided to stop counting my clothes.

Six Items or Less had a month long experiment in June where you could only pick 6 items to wear. I am sort of happy that I missed the big experiment but it got me wondering – could I go the whole month with only six pieces of clothing to wear?

Screw it. No.

But are we victims of consumerism? You betcha.  Do I need all those shirts? Do I need all of the other clothes that define me when I am wearing them? Yes.  It’s like my war paint. You begin to see who I am by what I wear.  But do I need all those tee shirts? Maybe not.

Jean Chatzky from the Today Show was a participant in the Six Items or Less experiment and quite honestly, with shoes and accessories not being off limits, she did not look like she was wearing the same old thing.

So should I count my trousers and jackets? They left me a note saying that they are in safe house and that I should not to try to contact them.

I think this is a good thing to ponder – do I need all this stuff? Would someone else benefit from 30 of my tee shirts? Yes, but, I would want a background check and 2 references before I am let them leave my sweaty and shaking hands.

I think I do my share at helping the planet. I recycle, I signal when driving and I adopt rescued cats and here lies the main reason why I have so many tee shirts.  I pick the shirt with the least amount of hair so I can go to work and make money so we don’t end up homeless and become a burden to society.

In all honesty, I think this is a noble experiment. I think it can be quite liberating to depend less on material things and more on our inner goodness and as soon as I can (with my doctor’s permission) I will give away some of my tee shirts. I got to make room for my sweaters anyway.


 

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