For many years of my life, I was a terribly irresponsible shopper, particularly when it came to

clothes. And one of my reoccurring offenses was that I'd often buy clothes and then never

wear them. In the moment, in the store, I'd see something and say, wow, that is special.

That is speaking to me. I need that. And without even really thinking twice, I'd just buy it.

And then I take it home, cut the tags off, put it in my closet for it to just sit there for four years untouched.

I know. It, it like makes me cringe to say it out loud because it's like,

ugh, like, what a waste. But that's the type of shopper I was for many years. And I think it's more

common than we think. In the moment, I didn't feel like I had a problem. But now that I've

changed my ways, I look back and I'm like, it's so glaringly

obvious. How was I shopping like that for so many years? And about a year or two ago, I sort of had an

epiphany. I was like, I can't keep shopping like this. I have too many clothes. I'm overwhelmed

by what's in my closet. I don't even feel passionate about like half the stuff that's in there.

Something's got to change. And so I changed things. I went through my closet, donated everything

that wasn't speaking to me, and then made a pact with myself to be a smart shopper moving forward.

And listen, I wasn't sure how I was going to do, okay, because I've made

promises to myself before in the past and then not followed through with them. I will say,

with my shopping addiction, I've really done a good job. Now, that's not to say that I haven't

shop since, because I absolutely have, but every single purchase

has been really wise and has been something that I genuinely wear routinely. And this whole experience

from going from being an impulsive, irresponsible shopper to being a really responsible,

really thoughtful shopper has taught me a lot about how to shop for clothes.

And when you think about it, no one teaches you how to shop for clothes, right? It sounds like

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