I would assume that most of us are retired.
I found that when I retired it greatly increased my opportunities to be nude and also allowed me to significantly decrease my clothing supply.
Who else found that one or both happened to them?
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- MIminimalist75Original PosterJun 29, 2019[quote]I need two layers in the Kansas summers. I've mowed the yard when it's 114 degrees! LOL I will look for the padded bike shorts. Sounds practical. At 114 degrees, I would be mowing in the lightest weight shorts I own, no underwear or shirt![/quote I need the absorbing contents of cotton at that temps. I hate the feeling of sweat running down my legs and arm pits. Plus a bandana! Sweat stings my eyes![/quote] Then you wear a shirt, too? Although neither feeling is good, I would rather have sweat dripping down my legs than have any more sweat drenched articles of clothing.ReactReply
- MIminimalist75Original PosterJul 2, 2019[quote]I need two layers in the Kansas summers. I've mowed the yard when it's 114 degrees! LOL I will look for the padded bike shorts. Sounds practical.At 114 degrees, I would be mowing in the lightest weight shorts I own, no underwear or shirt![/quoteI need the absorbing contents of cotton at that temps. I hate the feeling of sweat running down my legs and arm pits. Plus a bandana! Sweat stings my eyes! Then you wear a shirt, too? Although neither feeling is good, I would rather have sweat dripping down my legs than have any more sweat drenched articles of clothing.[/quote] Back to the question that stated this, have you reduced your clothing supply since you retired?ReactReply
- MIminimalist75Original PosterJul 8, 2019[quote](Back to the question that stated this, have you reduced your clothing supply since you retired?) Yes of course! I don't need my work clothes anymore. Our dress code was slacks, collared shirts and dress shoes. I haven't worn any of that attire since retiring. In fact I gave most of it to good will. Now all I wear is T-shirts with shorts or jeans and athletic shoes.[/quote] I have less than half as much clothing as I did when I retired. I am involved in several community activities that require at least business casual dress at times so I do have some collared shirts and slacks. Right now I have no jeans because both of the pairs I wore last winter were starting to wear around the bottom so I made them into cutoffs since I never wear jeans in the summer, only shorts when I don't have to dress up. I am down to what seems to be the optimal number of slacks and shorts, but have too many shirts. Part of this is because all of my tanks and t's and some of my collared polos have a logo that has significance to me so I don't want to get rid of it.ReactReply
- MIminimalist75Original PosterAug 30, 2019[quote]I retired 4 months ago and my nude time is getting longer and longer been nude for 3 days so far . I have had no laundry this week so am using less clothes started to go through my closets and thinning out what's there. Being nude has been very liberating.[/quote] I did a substantial reduction when I retired and another one about 2 years later and now have well less than half as much as I did when I was working. Other retirees on this and other sites have reduced their wardrobe much further!ReactReply
- MIminimalist75Original PosterAug 31, 2019[quote]I retired 4 months ago and my nude time is getting longer and longer been nude for 3 days so far . I have had no laundry this week Toam using less clothes started to go through my closets and thinning out what's there. Being nude has been very liberating.[/quote] Two of my suggestions for thinning out your clothing supply. Be nude when you do it. Helps you realize that clothing isn't all that necessary. Take everything out of your closets and drawers first. Then it is actually more effort to hang or fold something and put it back than to through it out or put it in a donation box. One I do partly. Immediately destroy anything you don't want for a feeling of freedom and finality. While I do this with worn out clothing and it does feel great, I prefer to donate anything in reasonably good shape to a charity that will find a use for them. One I haven't tried for use if you know you have too much clothing but can't figure out what to get rid of. Put a divider in your closet and drawers and move everything to one side of the divider. When you wear something, move it to the other side. After a year, get rid of everything on the first side since if you haven't worn it for a year, you don't really need or want it.ReactReply
- MIminimalist75Original PosterOct 9, 2019[quote]I retired 4 months ago and my nude time is getting longer and longer been nude for 3 days so far . I have had no laundry this week so am using less clothes started to go through my closets and thinning out what's there. Being nude has been very liberating.[/quote] Have you continued to get rid of clothing? Are you at the level you want? How much do you have?ReactReply
- MIminimalist75Original PosterFeb 5, 2020
Saw you live in Iowa. You don't find it difficult or expensive to keep the house warm enough to be nude at home in the winter?
Are you dressing primarily for church on Sunday morning?
If so, if you went to a church with a Saturday evening service, you could go then, and not get dressed for a complete week.
Any tentative timeline for getting rid of clothing you didn't need?ReactReply - MIminimalist75Original PosterFeb 5, 2020
One more question I thought of overnight.
While apparently your intent is to only be dressed 4 hours of so this week, what would you say is atypical amount of time for you to wear anything in a week?ReactReply - LO
Feb 16, 2020I have retired from 40 years with a law firm, traveling every week to some part of Texas. We live in Costa Rica for now. Minimal clothing needed...we live on a coffee farm.
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Feb 16, 2020You might notice that Minimalist has many suggestion for getting rid of clothes you no longer need when retired to a nudist lifestyle.
I did it very differently. For some Items I simply cut off what I was wearing - or got someone else to do it. On other occasions I just stripped and put all my clothes in a public charity shop clothes bank. But for the big cull I laid them out on the bed and threw a pair of dice, cutting them up as they were picked out by the dice.ReactReply - MIminimalist75Original PosterFeb 16, 2020
You must have owned a lot of clothing at one time. After getting rid of your work clothes, vacations where most or even all of clothing you took was cut off, trips to drop the clothes you were wearing in a collection bin and playing clothing roulette, you still had about 50 items left before your most recent reduction!
ReactReply - MIminimalist75Original PosterFeb 16, 2020
Olly is really the one with the creative ways of getting rid of clothing.
If basically only have two. If something is in good condition I donate it.
If not I put it on and cut or rip pieces off until there is nothing left.
Two things I wish I had done but didn't.
Gotten rid of all of my sleepwear as soon as I left home and got married.
Trashed my underwear and undershirt when I got home from work the last several days so the last of both would have been gone as soon as I got home from work the day I retired.ReactReply - LOFeb 16, 2020
I totally concur! We moved to Costa Rica...with a pair of shorts and two tee shirts!
ReactReply - LOFeb 16, 2020
When I retired, we moved to Costa Rica.....I now have I pair of shorts and 1 pair of pants.
ReactReply - MIminimalist75Original PosterFeb 16, 2020[quote]When I retired, we moved to Costa Rica.....I now have I pair of shorts and 1 pair of pants.[/quote] No shirts?ReactReply
- KY
Feb 17, 2020the best part of being nude most of the time..........almost no laundry!!
ReactReply - MEMemberJun 21, 2021
Brilliant idea. Ive been retired for three years and while Ive thinned out the closet of business attire, my casual clothing is largely intact. Im thinking I wear maybe 20% of the remaining clothes 80% of the time when I do wear clothes. So, the culling of the closet continues. The divider is a fantastic idea. Thanks.
ReactReply - MIminimalist75Original PosterJun 21, 2021[quote]Brilliant idea. Ive been retired for three years and while Ive thinned out the closet of business attire, my casual clothing is largely intact. Im thinking I wear maybe 20% of the remaining clothes 80% of the time when I do wear clothes. So, the culling of the closet continues. The divider is a fantastic idea. Thanks.[/quote] Keep us posted of furtherreductions in your clothing supply.ReactReply
- GO
Sep 19, 2021Yes
It happened to.me. Fewer clothes and greater freedom. The down side is being plagued by remorse that I didn't do.more of this in younger years!
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Dec 30, 2021[quote]I would assume that most of us are retired. I found that when I retired it greatly increased my opportunities to be nude and also allowed me to significantly decrease my clothing supply. Who else found that one or both happened to them?[/quote] Absolutely! I only put in clothes to leave the house. I try to do shopping and errands all in one day so I dont have to bother dressing.ReactReply - NEDec 30, 2021[quote]I would assume that most of us are retired. I found that when I retired it greatly increased my opportunities to be nude and also allowed me to significantly decrease my clothing supply. Who else found that one or both happened to them?[/quote] Absolutely! I only put in clothes to leave the house. I try to do shopping and errands all in one day so I dont have to bother dressing.ReactReply
