I think about clothes, a lot

I thought I like’d it. But I don’t wear it.

How do we distinguish clothes we need to learn to work with from clothes that were never really “us” to begin with?

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DRAFT
Aug 26, 2026
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This might be the central issue with managing possessions under consumerism.
Is this me? Is this not me? Is there something out there that is more me? Should I get rid of this, and get that instead?

What if I don’t know what it is that I wan’t, I just know this isn’t it. When I say “it’s just not me,” what does that even mean?

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