Wearing my shoes led to an overdue thinning of the herd

Over the last few years, I've fallen into the bad habit of buying new boots and shoes every Fall instead of wearing the perfectly good ones I already have. At the same time, I have held on to old favorites, thinking that since they still have wear in them I shouldn't donate them just yet. This year, I decided to go through and wear all my old shoes for at least one day, and it was eye-opening - most of them didn't survive a single wear. I threw away three pairs of clogs that disintegrated during the day, and donated several more shoes and boots that I realized were no longer my style. My shoe rack has room on it again.

From now on I'm going to start each season by revisiting last year's shoes, and if I don't think I'm going to wear them within the next three months they will go straight into the donation box so they don't sit for so long they become useless.