A month-long declutter works better than an afternoon one because it uses evidence rather than enthusiasm.
Reverse every hanger on day one
Turn all hangers backwards. When you wear something, hang it back the normal way. It costs no decisions up front.
Let the month do the deciding
At the end, everything still backwards has told you something an afternoon of agonising could not.
A month is long enough to be fair
It covers most weather and most occasions. Anything untouched in that time genuinely is not in rotation.
The month
The month
- Day 1: reverse every hanger and note the date
- Days 1–30: turn a hanger the right way when you wear the item
- Days 1–30: note anything you reach for and reject, and why
- Day 30: everything still reversed is a candidate
- Day 30: box those, do not bin them
- Day 120: anything unmissed from the box can go