Hernan Soulages answers “Is she saying to get all of your clothes...”

Ethan asked this question about The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing:

Is she saying to get all of your clothes out onto the floor, and then sort them by category, and then purge by category? I feel like it would be difficult to sort by category if you've just dumped every category of clothing into one big pile.

Hernan Soulages The idea is to have a clear picture of how much you own of the same kind of 'stuff'. So for clothes, she suggest you put it in three piles, tops, bott…moreThe idea is to have a clear picture of how much you own of the same kind of 'stuff'. So for clothes, she suggest you put it in three piles, tops, bottoms and overcoats. You may need more or less piles according to your style and amount of clothes.
You can pile as part of "putting all the clothes in the floor" or do it afterwards. You will still need to take each one, give at good look and think "does this give me joy?" anyway, so this is just a small part of the whole clothes category. (less)

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