Less in 2025: March

I probably sound like a broken record, but I really do feel like this month has flown by and I'm a bit shocked that this is the last day of March! It feels fitting, though, that the final Monday of the month is also the final day of the month and thus time to do my One Little Word reflection. Thank you to Kat for hosting our monthly link-ups!

When I picked Less as my OLW for this year, the main thing on my mind was having less stuff. Yarn and fiber were certainly top of mind, but in general I have been feeling a need to simplify my life in terms of the stuff I have in my house that isn't used.

A big category of that stuff is clothes. Now that I'm no longer going into the office every day (and now that our dress code at work seems to have gotten a bit more casual), there's a lot of office wear that's just not getting worn. On top of that, I've still got a lot of clothing from my heavier days that's too big. I'm trying to go through my closet and drawers regularly to pull out items that aren't being used so that they can be put back into use somewhere else. I've got a three-fold plan for these things:

1. Items that are high quality and in good shape get sent to ThredUp. I've been sending them stuff for a couple of years now, since Kym first put the site on my radar. I've made a little extra money, nothing huge, but I like the idea that clothes are finding new life in someone else's closet or being recycled responsibly.
2. Items that are cheaper but still in good shape get donated to places like Goodwill or the Free Store.
3. Items that are stained, torn, worn out, or generally low quality I take to drop in a bin at work for textile recycling. They'll even take my worn-out shoes!

I think you all know by now that I've been actively trying to reduce the size of my stash, which means using what I have and not buying more in general. But one area where I'm feeling particularly overwhelmed is my handspun. Every time I go into my stash to try to find a specific skein of handspun, I find more skeins I've forgotten about. So I think I'm going to open an Etsy store again. I don't love Etsy because they nickel-and-dime you, but there aren't really any alternatives that will take care of shipping and taxes and all that (and I don't have the time or energy to try to set up my own site with all of that integrated). I had an Etsy store several years ago, but I'm going to rebrand and start over. Molly has gotten quite good at using Canva, so she's helping me with a logo. And at some point I'll have to take ALL the handspun out, organize it, and start photographing and putting it up. There are so many skeins that I enjoyed spinning but that I just don't feel like I need to use, so if someone else will, I'll be happy to pass them along. I'll let you know when that's all set up, just in case you're interested (no pressure!).

I'm sure I'll be coming back to this same theme for Less throughout the year, and we'll see just how much I can clear out of the house by the end of it!