# Do I Want to Keep This?

Source: https://www.theminimalists.com/keep/
Published: 2018-10-07
Updated: 2024-06-12
Author: Joshua Fields Millburn

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Even as a decade-long minimalist, I still need to cull my excess from time to time.

I’ve been going through my clothes this week, even those that fit into the [90/90 Rule](https://theminimalists.com/ninety), and I’ve been asking myself, “Do I want to keep this?”

I hold an item in my hand.\
 Do I *really* want to keep this?

If the answer is “[Hell yeah!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ehWlVeMrqw),” then I place it back in my closet. But if the answer is “I’m not sure,” then I must wear the item within the next seven days.

If it’s not one of my favorite pieces of clothes after wearing it once, then I [donate](https://theminimalists.com/p151) it. The jackets, shirts, and pants I once enjoyed may not add value to my life anymore, but maybe they can be someone else’s favorites now.

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