Clothes are probably my biggest challenge. I hate clothes shopping and tend to use two different strategies:

If I find something I like, buy several more of the same type (i.e. several pairs of pants in the same color). When this works well, I’m set for a couple years on a reliable staple. More often than not, it seems like random variations in construction or differences in how each piece shrinks or ages ends up in me not liking the duplicates as much as the original, and I end up with clothes that I don’t wear.

Lately I’ve been relying more on thrifting or buying used online, but the selection for male clothing seems to pale in company’s female, so it can be a challenge to find decent options. My success rate in finding used clothes i like is lower than new, but with used clothes i can turn around and sell them myself without taking much of a loss.

I think my dream is to have my own personal “Steve Jobs”-esque staple style, and just wear the same thing every day, but personally I’ve found that goal to be impossible!

I manage the insidious growth aspect by strictly limiting the amount of clothing I let myself own, and selling/donating clothes when I need to buy more.

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Dust hose adapter - why didn’t I think of that!?!

That’ll be going on my “to print” list :)