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It's okay to just throw it away

What if donating, reselling, and recycling are just another form of clutter?

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Lee Tilghman
Oct 08, 2025
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Welcome to the Wednesday Style note on Hand Wash Only. The internet (and let’s face it, me) loves a closet purge—capsule wardrobes, donation guides, resale hacks. But when I finally tried to declutter mine, I couldn’t shake one question: is all this effort just another kind of clutter, delaying the inevitable trip to the trash?

A few weeks ago, I noticed…

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