October 7th, 2003
Last night I muttered to myself that I needed more shirts and pants, "Porter, you need more clothes ... you're starting to wear the same shirts and pants to work everyday, and people are starting to remember your shirts."
Now, although that isn’t such a bad thing if I want to force people to remember me better :-), it is not so good for appearances. I've always been a little fashion-challenged anyway, so I thought that I would go through all the clothes that I do have and figure out which of them could still be worn.
Well, I was shocked as I started going through my shirts! I have dozens! And some nice ones, too. What the heck was I thinking when I thought that I needed more clothes? In fact, it was embarrassing. I had all these clothes and was complaining about how I needed more! So I packaged up a whole bunch of shirts and pants that I know I will never wear again (and were still in good shape) and am going to donate them to the Salvation Army. Some shirts and pants I simply threw away (holes and tears that cannot be repaired, etc.)
I have nothing to complain about, and I have so many shirts that I could wear a different one each day for a month! In fact, I felt very embarrassed at having so many clothes when there are people who cannot afford new clothes ... so that is why I made up the clothes bundle.
(And for me, "rediscovering" all the old clothes felt like I had just gone shopping and come home with 3 new pairs of pants and about 15 new shirts! :-) )
Well, anyway, today's "rant" is directly aimed at me: It was selfish, over-consumptive, just plain disgusting. Shame on me.