Help me declutter

[newstartamiready]

So I have lost some weight yay

Now most of my smaller clothes fit me but there isn't enough space in the wardrobe!

What's the rules for decluttering?

Should I chuck anything I havnt worn for a while?

Anything that doesn't fit?

How about stuff that is abit worn but I like it?

Help! It's hard work

Get all your clothes out and put similar stuff together... blah blah blah marie kondo. congrats on weight loss.

Chuck out anything that you have kept for painting/gardening/cleaning in.

I am beginning to de clutter my wardrobe.
This is how I am doing it:

Put all similar stuff together (as mention in pp) so you can see how many scarfs / jeans etc you have.
This will help you see how many duplicates you have, and which you actually wear.
I then count up all my items in categories, e.g. Dresses/Skirts/Coats etc.
As I have fixed space in my wardrobe the idea is to reduce the number in each category by half, my goal is to have a wardrobe where I can see what I have, and rotate what I wear - either of which I do at the moment!

I expect this will take a year, as I am losing weight and I don't want to overwhelm the local charity shop all in one go

All of the above, but be realistic. As a friend pointed out to me, how many going out tops can you actually wear? 4 or 5 maybe, but 20 ? 30?

Think about similar items - there's probably one that you always choose over the other. Think about why that might be ( colour? comfort? flatteringness?)