If you are anxiously trying to decide, what to toss and what to keep as you pare down your wardrobe and declutter your closet, it always helps to think about who may need those items more than you.
The opportunity to give provides incredible motivation to let go.
Last year, as a community, we donated more than 1000 items of clothing in 3 days. This year, I want to up the ante.
Challenge: Donate 2500 items from closets around the world by February 2nd.
To track our items, I’ll be tallying your counts you post as comments on this post and on the Project 333 Facebook Post about the 2014 Challenge. Please only post in one place so my brain doesn’t explode. Just leave a simple comment like, “I donated 25 items from Boston, MA” Â or “25”
For an extra something special, if we make or exceed our 2500 items, I’ll make a special thank you video and share it here next week.
If you are concerned about who and where to donate your items, do a little research and find out where your clothes are really going. I choose a local homeless shelter especially for items that keep people warm.
Be thoughtful, but don’t let the “where” slow you down. Once you begin to feel lighter with your stuff by giving it away, you can feel lighter in your heart and contribute in even better ways to the people and places that need it most.
And for more motivation …
I’ll be hosting a free webinar to talk about Project 333, answer your questions and to share stories about dressing with less. You can register right here.
And if you want to really be motivated to simplify …
Read my new book, Mini-missions for Simplicity and take on a few of the 36 challenges to improve clutter, health, productivity and happiness. Experiment with change and discover what you really want from your life. Chances are what you want isn’t at the mall.
4 items from Chicago. I think that’s the high so far.
I have donated 412 items from my wardrobe.
23 items from Antwerp, Belgium!
17 items from California
16 from Illinois.
14 from Washington
25 in Houston
27 from Wisconsin
Donated 281 pieces from my wardrobe in NC 🙂
51 from Nashville
13 from Alabama
28. Burbank, CA
121 for me, 2 for my husband. Slowly but surely….
Shucks, the ones I donated earlier don’t count! Just kidding, this is what I need for a couple most passes through my closet…12 items.
78 itens from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
17 items from Lynchburg, Va, hopefully more to follow!
Just donated 73 items of clothing in Michigan and still working on it.
24 from the UK 🙂
35 from Sydney =)
47 items (and counting) donated in Chicago. And 31 items (and counting) consigned.
108 from his and hers in OK
10 from Grantham, UK!
20 from Orange Tx
30 from Quebec!
10 in Louisiana.
I took 15 things to goodwill last week and gave 3 to a friend.
12 garments in the UK
16 items in Nova Scotia!
19 from Madrid (Spain)
44 from Florida and about 200 before we left Mi
50 items in Northern California
12 in Denver
5 items from the UK.
4 from western Australia
42 items in Michigan
127 from Devon in the UK
55 items donated in a Dallas, Texas suburb
51 items in Maryland.
16 items from Ballarat, Australia
114 items from Ottawa, Canada
4 items from Chicago (I was already pretty bare bones!)
163 from Toronto, Canada!
5 items, Ipswich (Australia).
I am very interested in reading “Mini-missions for Simplicity” is there a paper back version?
1 more item from UK
15 items from California
50 items in NC.
Between us my husband and I donated 147 articles of clothing in Milwaukee, WI
5 more items in Nova Scotia.
20 items from Tempe, AZ
Are you still counting? I just started last night when I saw this page…. Down 10 pairs of shoes and 30 clothing. I am have a LONG way to go to become a minimalists
Are you still counting? I just started last night when I saw this page…. Down 10 pairs of shoes and 30 clothing. I am have a LONG way to go to become a minimalists VA
32 in Toronto, and more to come!
130 items – Fredericton NB Canada