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How I beat overwhelm: I ditched online clothes shopping – and gained money, time and mental energy

Scrolling for the perfect outfit had become an expensive coping mechanism. When I decided I would shop only in person, I felt much better about myself

There was a time when, in order to acquire a new item of clothing – say, a dress – you had to either inherit it from a family member or trek to a store and have an identity crisis in the changing room. Instead, the siren song of cute clothes consumed my brain and lured me on to the rocks of infinite scrolling, consumerism and credit card debt. For the most part, though, I’ve kept to my word Then, a few years ago, out of financial necessity and after a particularly grim cull of my closet before a cross-country move (donatingthat many one-shoulder tops really makes you confront yourself and your choices), I decided to stop.

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