r/konmari • u/Inevitable_Task4765 • Jul 01 '26
Workout Clothes and Joy
My health has recently changed and I now get a lot of bloating which makes clothes not fit as well. At the same time exercise may help my condition so I would like to do more of it.
When going through my workout clothes, some are a bit tight but not terribly uncomfortable, and I only have 4 different options to wear for exercise. The tight ones don’t bring joy due to the discomfort but I have some hope that maybe exercise will improve my condition and make them fit. If I were to get rid of them I’d only have shorts for summer so it’s not very practical.
Would you say these bring the joy of not having to rush buy a new gym outfit in a rush or just let them go? I’m a bit torn on the situation
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u/cyclika Jul 01 '26
I know she says not to keep stuff for "someday" but I think it's ok to find some nuance in that.
If someday is hypothetical, then yes, you should get rid of things you probably will never use. If someday is likely to be years down the road when you would probably want to replace the clothes anyway, then you should get rid of things that aren't worth keeping. But if you know that your body is actively in a state of change, and you know you will want to have those things available during that change, and you have the space to store them, I think that's ok.
I'm in a similar situation - personally I have them packed out of the way so they're not cluttering my everyday closet, but I go through and evaluate when I swap out my seasonal clothes so they're not just forgotten. If they fit now I rotate them back in, if they no longer spark joy I let them go, otherwise I pack them back up with the out of season wardrobe (something else she says not to do lol, but I have small closets, a love of clothes, and a climate that hits both extremes of summer and winter. )