Project 333: The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really is So Much More

This book goes beyond your closet. It delves into your soul!! Great Read!! Don’t hesitate!! You’ll learn so much. Go!

Project 333 is the perfect way simplify your closet, streamline your morning routine, stop shopping for stuff you don't need or don't even really want, and reclaim hours of your life. This book is about way more than fashion. Please don't just think this a fashion challenge. Project 333 is a tool for getting your life back to how you want to live it or making meaningful positive changes. Courtney Carver brilliantly shows us how the items in our closet impact our lives every single day. She delves into reasons why all the stuff got in the closet in the first place, how to remove it, how to stop cluttering up your closet again, and all the emotions in between. If you're looking to lighten up your life please give this book a try. You will be amazed at how much your closet really is impacting your daily life. Project 333 is a great book to help you to break the cycle of donating/selling/discarding/recycling items out of your closet only to clutter up your closet again in the future. Courtney Carver teaches us how to break up with the emotions caused by clutter and how to move forward. In addition to clearly outlining the rules of Project 333 & how to modify them if need be, she explains how setting boundaries in your closet can positively impact your life. She also shares her very relatable story along the way. With her signature heart, caring, and candor Courtney Carver will teach you how to challenge your relationship with fashion and simplify your life. If you are looking to completely overhaul your relationship with fashion, clutter, shopping, and make long lasting changes in your life this is the book for you!

The focus of this book is on the minimalism philosophy in relation to clothes. No part of the book tells you HOW, it is all about WHY. One chapter of the book was devoted to why she not is going to tell you how to create a capsule wardrobe. Uhmm if I knew how to decimate my closet I wouldn't have purchased to book. I ended up getting the info I needed elsewhere. Minus one stars for the book summary not being clear on what I was purchasing. Was a review of what I already knew so it wasn't very thought provoking. Four stars for the content aligning with my values, and them being reinforced and validated.

I give this book 5 ⭐️s because I think everyone can learn from this challenge and it helps the planet which is a plus. • • • Key notes 🔑 1. The average woman owns $550 dollars in clothing that has never been worn. We wear 20% of our clothing 80% of the time, yet 100% of our wardrobe gets 100% of our attention, emotion, space, and time. 2. Project 333 is a minimalist fashion challenge where you dress with only 33 items – including clothing, accessories, jewelry, and shoes – for three months. 3. Money, time, space, clarity and freedom are a few things that most people gain as a result of dressing with less and trying this closet challenge. 4. As a guide you start with 21 articles of clothing, six accessories, two pieces of jewelry and four pairs of shoes 5. Stuff and shopping won’t make you feel better. 6. The world now consumes about 8 billion new pieces of clothing every year. 7. 95% of discarded clothing can be recycled or Upcycled 8. The amount of water used in apparel production each year is enough to fill 32 million Olympic size swimming pools. Meanwhile, 1.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water. 9. By extending the life of your clothing by an additional nine months you can reduce your carbon, Water, and waste footprints by 20 to 30% each. 10. Clothing made from conventional polyester can take up to 200 years to decompose in the landfill. 11. Making a pair of jeans uses the same amount of water as flushing a toilet for three years. 12. The average American woman wears 20% of her wardrobe. 13. The average annual clothing consumption per person in the US is 65 garments, According to the American Apparel and Footwear Association. That’s an entirely new wardrobe every year. 14. The most eco-friendly thing you can do is consume less by using what you have. Use it all the way up, and when it’s time to replace it, consider the following questions: 1) where is it made? 2) how is it made? 3) what is it made of? 4) is it timeless and made to last, so I’ll be able to wear it for years to come? 5) do I already have something similar in my closet? 15. Deciding what to wear causes decision fatigue implement one or more of these decision free recommendations 1) create a uniform 2) dress monochromatically 3) Shop less 16. By choosing what to wear from a small capsule wardrobe, you’ll get to wear your favorite things every day and eliminate decision fatigue. 17. Fear will tell you that you’ll never have enough. When you finish this challenge, you can tell fear that you do. The realization that you need way less than you think to be happy will change your life in the most amazing ways. 18. If you aren’t quite ready to jump into a Capsule wardrobe, here are a few ways to test the waters. These ideas will help you begin the experience of dressing with less: 1) eliminate accessories 2) wear are your favorite colors 3) keep all your clothes in one place 4) identify your favorite outfits 5) keep only one size in your closet 6) don’t buy for your capsule wardrobe

I have followed Courtney Carver for quite a while and often sing her praises to friends lamenting their overstuffed closets. It's easy to pigeon hole her into the category of 'minimalist wardrobe', but she's about so much more than that. The book opens with an explanation of Project 333 (for 3 months, dress with no more than 33 items) and the best way to go about experimenting with this idea. She then moves into why you would want to try it; for example, the emotional impact of opening a closet that contains clothing with the tags still on or that remind you of a sad occasion, and the decision fatigue you can experience when faced with too many choices on a daily basis. She also explores all the emotions and underlying beliefs about retail therapy and why we often find ourselves owning more clothing that we could wear out in a life time. The book is full of inspiration, guidance, and resources. Even if you have followed her faithfully and had heard a lot of this before (as I have) it is great to have everything in one place for reference and well worth the time and money to read, and re-read, this book. Excellent!

Ya había hecho este challenge antes pero ahora compré el libro para profundizar más, y ha sido de gran ayuda en mi estilo de vida minimalista.

Great book have started my 333 journey x

Sensacional , todo o conceito do armário cápsula e como começar a viver com esse novo método de se vestir , inspirador!!!

I am following Courtneys blog and also read her book Soulful Simplicity. I loved it too, but on Project 333 Courtney ist really great with her tips and ideas, she is the expert. If you ever feel exhausted with your cloth and your wardrobe this book is for you! Got the book yesterday and reed it till midnight...

Enjoyed how the author did a deep dive into the psychology of excess and what we can gain by having less.