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Welcome to the Everyday Icon Style Podcast

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, your guide to unlocking your inner icon

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through the transformative power of style

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, wardrobe and closet organization

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. Join me , your host , tiffany

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, as we discover your true style potential

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and elevate your professional presence

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. Are you ready to unleash the Everyday

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Icon within you ? Then let's

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get started . Hi

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everyone , and welcome back to the Everyday Icon Podcast

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. As always , I am your host , tiffany , and

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today I want to talk about simplifying

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your wardrobe . Yes

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, it is the time of year . By the time

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you hear this , it will be October and

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it's fall , and for me , I

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like to clean , to give my

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house a cleaning , or wardrobe cleaning , at least

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twice a year once in the spring summer

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, once in the winter , fall , and these

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are the perfect times to simplify

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your wardrobe . I think at some point

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we were so overwhelmed

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with consumption that now

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we want to simplify things , and I'm all

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here for it . So let's dive

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right in and I want to talk to you a little bit

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about , give you a few ways that you can

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begin to simplify your wardrobe

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today . So

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, number one edit your

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wardrobe . This , right here

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, is my number one step when

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it comes to not only simplifying

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your wardrobe , but building one as well

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. So editing your wardrobe will

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allow you what actually force you

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to get rid of anything and everything

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that you no longer wear , that

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no longer makes you feel comfortable , no

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longer is makes you feel confident

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, but it will allow you

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to make space and to make way

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for the items

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that do suit you and that will

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bring you joy when you purchase

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them . Now , editing your wardrobe

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, I highly recommend scheduling some

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time to do this at a minimum

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, at a minimum once

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a year , so

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even when you have time , if you

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have any in it , because it's the end of the year , I'm just going

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to go say this right , it's

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the end of the year If you have vacation

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days left after you've already

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put time in for , say , the holidays , thanksgiving

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, christmas , etc . But you got a couple or

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heck , even if you have a couple sick days . Girl

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, take a day when

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everybody's out of the house and edit

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your wardrobe . I'm trying to help you out with

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getting rid of these days that we have coming

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up , because I have a few days as well , Even

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if you work from home , and

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I'm probably wrong for saying this . Schedule

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some time out on your calendar and think you have that meeting

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right and start editing or at least

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prepping to clean and

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edit your wardrobe . What

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you will find especially if you have a closet

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full of just stuff what you'll

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find is is it will provide you an act

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. It will allow you to lift a weight

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off of your shoulders , because one

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thing that we underestimate is all the

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clutter and all of the stuff and all

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of the junk that we have . What

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it does is it actually

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can sometimes overwhelm us , make us

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anxious , and if you've ever

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been in a clean space , like once you've cleaned

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and once everything's organized , you can have this

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big sigh of relief because

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you feel good and it feels as

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if this weight has been lifted off of your

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shoulders . Well , that's what editing your

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wardrobe can do for you . That

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means figuring out where

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to send things , whether you're going

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to donate them , whether you're going to sell them

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, whether you're going to tailor them or whether you're just

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going to go on ahead and get rid of them . So

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what I want to recommend is that

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, probably early next year

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, I will actually be giving

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out something . I will actually . I'm actually

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in a process of creating

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a tool , a course

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actually , that will allow you to help

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you with editing your wardrobe . So

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if you want to be on the list for that and

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know when it is released . Go ahead

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and be sure to sign up for my email

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list . All of that will be in the description

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box below . So

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number two organizing your

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closet . Now , once you've edited

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your closet , now you have to

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organize it . So

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organizing it can be having

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pants , dresses

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, shirts , blazers

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, jeans . However you want to organize

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it and create a system for you

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. One organizing your closet will

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allow you to get dressed a little bit faster

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, because now you're able to see everything

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. So everything . You're not digging

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for things like way in the back of your closet

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or trying to think where did I put this last

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or where did I last see it ? Everything

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will be at an eyes view . Also

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, the same thing . This also goes for your shoes

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as well . You want to kind of organize them , so

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literally you're just grabbing and going

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. Here's a little tip when you're organizing

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your closet If you're someone who

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likes to prepare or get

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their outfits ready for the week , maybe

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create a space in your

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closet that you can

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put those clothes that you're going to wear

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for the week . I know there are

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women who like to

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. Because of time they

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have to prepare for the week , say on a

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Saturday or a Sunday . So make sure

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, just create a little space in there that you

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can put those outfits , so you're

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just literally grabbing and going

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and they're not cluttering up your room . Because I

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like to think to you at your closet as

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you begin to organize

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it . It should be a space of peace and

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your closet is literally ground zero

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for your day and if your

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closet is disorganized , your

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day is going to probably be disorganized

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because you have to rush and fumble

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through everything . So make sure that you

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go ahead and organize your closet

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. Number three

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and this is a hard one and we've all

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been there and I know I have been there Stop

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buying clothes you won't wear . This

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is what I mean by that . Oh

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, that shirt looks nice , I

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could wear that with something one day . I can make

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that an outfit one day . You

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know what happens to that top or

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that pants or whatever piece of clothing you buy . It

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will end up in your closet , either still

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in the bag , on a hanger , weighing

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the back , with the price tags on it , and

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you're going to find it six , seven months

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heck , even a year from now , like

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, oh , my god , I totally forgot about

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it , and it's either going to be out of style

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, you're not going to like it anymore

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and you're going to begin to think , dang

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, I wasted money on this shirt that

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I said I was going to wear , but I was never

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going to wear . If

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you ever find yourself doing

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that when you're looking through buying clothes

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, stop and

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walk away , because

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this is how we always end up with

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a closet full of clothes with nothing to wear

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. It's also

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impulse buying to a degree

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, but this is definitely one of the

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key factors to why we always have a

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closet full of clothes of nothing to wear , because

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we're always saying , oh , I can wear that one

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day , or oh , that looks nice

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. Let me see , I

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think I have some jeans or

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, I think , my

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favorite . When

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I get to this point in life , I'm

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going to wear this and

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you're never going to wear it . So

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anytime you have that thought in

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your mind of , oh , I can wear

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, going to wear that one day , or oh

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, I think I have something in my closet , pause

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and walk away . If

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you still want it and need

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it , fine , you can go back

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and buy it , but nine times at a ten , when you

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walk away , you're literally going to

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forget about it and you didn't want

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to buy it in the first place , it just looked nice

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. For the time being , even

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if you're shopping online and you're like , oh

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, I want that , I'm going to add that to my cart

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. Pause , don't

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add it to your cart , because what's going

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to happen is you're going to end up buying it and it's

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going to be in a bunch of things and you're going to get a pile of

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clothes and we know how that

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goes , because with online shopping , you may not

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necessarily want to send

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it back into the store , because send it back because

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it can be at half full . So

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I want you to pause when

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you have that thought and

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walk away . If it's something

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that you really want and really need , then

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you will go back and buy it , but

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nine times out of ten you're not

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. You're going to forget about it and you're going

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to go on to the next store , you're going to go on to the next

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website and you're going to find something else

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and , as you find yourself catching

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yourself now , you're becoming intentional

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about what it is you're going to buy

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, which will save you money

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and will save you time in

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the long run . So number

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three is stop buying

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clothes that you won't wear . Last

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but not least , and probably the most important

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thing , is , you have to know

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yourself . Now

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, none of this will work cleaning out

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your closet , not buying

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clothes that you're not going to wear , organizing

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your closet or any of the other tips that

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I give you throughout this podcast . They're

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not going to work until you know who

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you are . And this even goes for myself

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as well , because knowing

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ourselves allows us to make

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the right choices with our wardrobe

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, whether we're building it , whether

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we're refreshing it , or

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whether we're starting from scratch , building

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a new one , or any of these . Actually

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, it should reflect

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who and where we are right

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now , with a little bit of where we're

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going and who we want

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to be and how we want to show up . Getting

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to know yourself is a part

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of the discovery of your

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style , because it's personal , so

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you get to tune and tap into her

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and say to yourself what

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is it that I want to do ? How

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do I want people to see me ? How

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do I want to show up every day ? What

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do I want my clothes to say about

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me ? When people

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see me , whether

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I'm in the boardroom , whether

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I'm out with friends , whether

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I'm out running errands , what

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is it that I want my clothes to say

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about me , and that only comes

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when we truly sit down

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and begin to know ourselves

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and embrace who

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we are , who we are becoming , because

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a lot of us we're coming up

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on milestones whether

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it's you're going for that next job

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, you might have a big birthday

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all of the different things

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that can be going on in our lives . Also

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, getting to know yourself is a form of self-care

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, because now you know how to treat

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yourself and how others should

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also treat you . So

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getting to know yourself first

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will help everything

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and will help align how

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you want to show up in the world when it

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comes to your personal style

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. So I hope you enjoyed

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today's episode about ways to

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begin to simplify your wardrobe

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and , if you have

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, allow me to help you get started

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on building and discovering your wardrobe

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, because literally that's what I'm here for

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is that in the description box below

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there is my career essentials

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checklist that I have , so be sure

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to download that

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it's for free , of course to help

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get you started on your journey with

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discovering and building your style

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. So I hope you

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guys enjoyed this episode . As always

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, have an amazing rest of your day

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, stay healthy , stay safe and

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I will talk to you guys next week in

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the next episode . Bye guys

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