Extreme Minimalism: Week 20 – Nakey Edition

I can’t believe November’s already here. That means it’s only four weeks until we head off to New Zealand and Australia and two months until we leave on our 5 year, 50 state road trip.

Despite us minimizing our possessions over the past 4-5 months as part of our Extreme Minimalism challenge, we still have a surprising amount of stuff.

On the one hand that’s a bad thing as it means we still have a ton of items to sort through. On the other hand, it makes our weekly minimalism challenge a little easier as we won’t be keeping most of it.

When it comes to clothing on the road trip, we’re trying to confine ourselves to one carry-on suitcase each. We’ll then likely have another small suitcase for seasonal clothes like winter coats, sweaters, etc. that’ll sit in the trunk until they’re needed.

Shae and I share a medium-sized closet, but that’s still far more clothing than we need. It’s also far more than we’ll be able to fit in a couple of carry-on suitcases.

That meant Shae spent Sunday afternoon going through her clothes to start getting rid of some of them. It’s week 20 which meant that she needed to pick out 60 items. The apparel theme is also why this week’s the Nakey Edition 😉

Here’s what’s left our apartment this week:

First up there was:

• 1 pair of LulaRoe leggings
• 1 pair of jeans
• 3 pairs of pajama bottoms
• 1 pair of jogging bottoms
• 6 T-shirts / tanks / other tops

Next up there was:

• 3 pairs of pants
• 2 dresses
• 1 skirt
• 6 T-shirts

We then had:

• 1 dress
• 2 cardigans
• 1 jacket
• 1 shirt
• 7 other T-shirts and tops

The next set of items was:

• 2 pairs of gloves
• 2 scarves
• 1 bandana
• 3 pairs of tights
• 1 Halloween tutu
• 1 bra
• 2 nightgowns

And to round it all off there was:

• 11 pairs of socks
• 1 pair of wristbands

Despite all that, Shae still has more clothing to get rid of, plus I have to go through all my stuff. There’s therefore a good chance that week 21 will be the “Still Nakey” edition!

You can follow our entire Extreme Minimalism process with all the posts below:

• Week 1: The Purge Begins – 3 items
• Week 2: More Kitchen Stuff Edition – 6 items
• Week 3: Man Drawer Edition – 9 items
• Week 4: Puppy Edition – 12 items
• Week 5: Wifey Edition – 15 items
• Week 6: My Clothing Edition – 18 items
• Week 7: Bathroom Edition – 21 items
• Week 8: Cupcake Edition – 24 items
• Week 9: Sort Of Cheating Edition – 27 items
• Week 10: Still Sort Of Cheating Edition – 30 items
• Week 11: Stationery Edition – 33 items
• Week 12: Random Crap Edition – 36 items
• Week 13: Easter In September Edition – 39 items
• Week 14: Easter In September Redux Edition – 42 items
• Week 15: Hot Stuff Edition – 45 items
• Week 16: Paperwork Edition – 48 items
• Week 17: Toiletries Edition – 51 items
• Week 18: Toiletries & Frames Edition – 54 items
• Week 19: Sugar & Spice Edition – 57 items
• Week 20: Nakey Edition – 60 items
• Week 21: My Preciouses Edition – 63 items
• Week 22: Everything Must Go Edition – Who Knows How Many Items?!