How to de-clutter your closet

First try to avoid the task, but when you can no longer stash the clothes in, roll up your sleeves, pull out all contents of the cupboard and dump on the bed.

Go on to declare to nobody that the first thing you need is a (really) vast walk-in closet.

Then holler to husband that you “wont' even touch his side of the closet”. Arms akimbo, look at the heap on the bed and feel happy...to find your pet's nose peeking out. Flop on the heap, cuddle pet and stay like this for 15 minutes. Decide to take an Instagrammable picture and spend another 30 minutes scrolling through social media feeds.

Haul yourself up and get to the task....of seeing if your cosmetics bag is up to date. Wear the bright red, top it with gloss. Go for the coral blush next. Try on that statement necklace again. Act ignorant to your unbathed self, bed head and the beach dress that you use as a nightdress. Feel like a queen.

See a packet of 100-year-old but unopened and unused mascara brushes. Do the dry brush effect to your brows, lashes and your dog's ears.

Next, attack the shoe rack. Throw out now-dry shoe shine sponges. Line up repair-demanding pairs – stilettos, block heels and the lonely left foot brogue. Don't bother where the right one went, because you own dogs.

Unearth a tube of leather ointment. Go over all shoes. Bags come next, then belts and your own dry heels. One never knows...! 

Try out the belts. Stare as each coils itself around a growing pot of a belly. Distract yourself. Try to try on the old kurta. Come to know that you have torn through all the three seams that tailors add a centimeter apart to accommodate future growth. Realise that it has no more room for your expansion. Show it mercy. Get a bigger charity bag. 

There, you are almost done. Stash back the rest. Rest after a hard day's work.

Cheers!