#Closet Transformation

[tarns-neurodivergent-lookbook]

How I Purged My Entire Closet in 48 Hours (PT.1: Preparing for a Purge)

TL;DR:

    Step 1: Do ALL your laundry.     Step 2: Sort your clothes into broad categories and write them down.     Step 3: Decide which categories you're purging today.     Step 3.5: Put everything you're not purging out of sight.     Step 4: Purge.

But if you want to know all the details of how I made it go so quickly for my neurodivergent self, here are the real steps to purging an entire closet.

The Real Steps to Purging an Entire Closet

Real Step 1:Understand how your brain categorizes your clothes.

Take a look at where you currently keep your clean clothes or how you aspire to store them. Are your socks and underwear crammed together in the same space, making it difficult to find the pizza patterned socks you really want to wear today? Apply the same concept to other clothing items as well. For example, if you have multiple styles of shirts mixed in the same drawer, it can lead to mental overload and analysis paralysis. Real life example:

Before my clothes purge, all my shirts from crop tops to casual long sleeves were crammed into the same drawer. This chaotic system didn't work for me because I rely on visual organization. If things aren't visible at first glance, they might as well not exist. Real Step 2: Categorize your clothes!

Here's my primary categories and subcategories: Tops Crops (sleeves of any length) Tanks Tees Nice Short Sleeves and No Sleeves Formal Short Sleeves and No Sleeves Casual Long Sleeves Nice Long Sleeves Formal Long Sleeves Exercise Bottoms Short Shorts Shorts Long Shorts Capris (purge category) Jeans Casual Pants Formal Pants Exercise Intimates Bras Sports Bras Underwear Boxers Socks Thigh High Mid Calf Above Ankle Ankle Tights Bathing Suits Masc Suits Fem Suits Secondary Warm Layer Sweaters with buttons Sweaters without buttons Hoodies Dresses (Sorted by formality) Skirts (also sorted by formality) Officewear, Etc. Coats Exercise Raincoats Vintage Winter Casual Accessories such as shoes, belts, hats, jewelry, as complementary items, are their own beasts and will be addressed separately after purging the bulk of clothing. The key aspect of Step 2 is that the bolded categories are planned and intentional, while some subcategories emerge organically as I take stock of my belongings and determine their appropriate spot.

Example of planned vs organic subcategories:

For intimates, I utilize a plastic chest of drawers. The top drawer is reserved for bras, the middle one for underwear, and the bottom one for socks. Purging according to these categories, one at a time, was part of my plan.

On the other hand, regarding tops as referred to in Step 1, I initially stored all of them in the same drawer. However when I had them all on the floor in front of me during the purging process…

The twelve piles pictured organically developed.

The bottom left pile consisted of items to be hung up, including long sleeves that didn't belong in that drawer to begin with, and nicer short and sleeveless tops. The three center piles were t-shirts sorted by level of "formality," while the six piles on the right were tank tops and crop tops. Why Categorize and Subcategorize Before Purging? Addressing similar clothing groups individually is far less overwhelming than tackling the entire "shirts" category at once. This approach allows me to evaluate each shirt as part of my wardrobe, going beyond a simple decision of whether to keep or discard it.

For instance, I categorized together these four functionally identical shirts (tops/short sleeve/nice but not formal/neutral):  

If I had sorted "Tops" as a whole instead of categorizing first, I might have kept all four without realizing that two of them were similar enough to purge.  By considering the specific subcategory, I was able to identify the factors that led me to purge the two on the left in favor of keeping the more flattering V-neck style in a much better condition.

Breaking down the process into manageable clothing categories before tackling allowed me to evaluate each item based on its function and relevance to my wardrobe, rather than feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of clothing or missing near-duplicates. In Part 2 of "How I Purged My Entire Closet in 48 Hours," I'll elaborate on how I purged based on the most flattering colors and cuts that complement my personal style, referencing seasonal color analysis and the Kibbe system.

[fishleeks]

Fraternize

Written by @chokopoppo!!

OKAY SO this was just going to be a smidgen of appreciation fanart for Chokopoppo's TFA fic Fraternize but i got a little carried away LAWL

The fic is one of my favourites and a big inspiration for how i personally write Optimus and Ratchet's insecurities! It's short and sweet and you NEED TO READ IT RIGHT NOW RAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[cassie-is-trans]

Try on haul!!!

[stunticonbreakdown]

I think having different transformer continuities is so funny because in one continuity you have Bumblebee blowing up all of the Stunticons (including Breakdown) and dragging them around in a net until he got back to his ship, but then in another there's Bumblebee and Breakdown having the most gay friendship I've seen in a cartoon

[artharakka]

So, how was your weekend? Rhiam met a shapeshifting god of forests who transed her gender 🌷

[dorianthedoll]

in the spirit of pride month

[halenhusky309]

I do like how D-16/Megatron turned evil. I get him, but at the same, I don't mind dunking him in the lava. He allowed to feel angry and hatred at what happened to him, but what he did next, though? Well, fuck him.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[t-cognoscente]

They need to bring back Tarantulas if only so that he and Bumblebee can have a conversation about Tarantulas' refusal to change his alt mode despite the difficulty it causes for him since he can't disguise himself, vs Bumblebee giving up his old alt mode which he loved for a new one for the sake of his mission and his search for Breakdown.

[witchofthesouls]

When I read "Unicron is a fallen Primus" ask I thought it said Italian Primus and I was just hit with an image of Unicron doing the Italin hand thing at Primus, screaming that cybertronians are made with flavorless liquid(energon) when they could have instead been made with proteins and salt and actual seasonings(like humans are).

... So Unicron is upset that Primus overcooked everything too crunchy and in one established cooking set?

Unicron: Where’s the creativity you coward!?

Primus: I've seen what you did to your oceans.

Unicron: IT'S FUCKING FLAVOR *Angry god noises*

[myotherrideismegatronscannon]

Starting this blog off by saying To the Starscream (whom I gave a silver handmade decepticon pin to idk if you're even on here) at Tekko 2024 you made my whole convention.

[werewolf-artfriend]

drew my fursona as some fangamer shirts i got recently :)

timelapse under the read-more!

[festeringfreek]

I don't mean to put transformers on any peoples pages that don't care about it but I would literally go fucking insane for a single night with ultra magnus. From any adaptation. I'm being so fucking serious I need that mech like you wouldn't believe. EXTRA points if it's his TFA or IDW counterpart. I'd go for minimus as well. I'm eating him down piece by piece until all that remains is the spit-slick blood against my teeth and fluids with coughs dubious origins. Within me. Preferably. I need him to read off the autobot code while I go ham on whatever he'd got hiding behind those panels. I need him to cry. I need him to be covered in blood. Mine or his, it doesn't matter. I need him viscerally. I need him in a way that transcends physical bodies. Don't even get me STARTED on the ultra magussy

[lets-try-some-writing]

I have a mildly cursed take:

Based on your post about what different bots and cons fear about earth.

Jack realizing that eating meat bothers Rachet and in an attempt to explain it’s not that weird ends up bringing up how scrapplets are made of metal and they still eat metal too. Which does not help but Miko thinks it’s funny that this comparison is now burned into Bulkhead’s mind after he over hears and also he now has a bit more sympathy about the fact that without knowing what a scappet is they tried to keep on as a pet.

Not sure if my brain went and died or what, but I am having trouble trying to figure out this request. I will try and make something reasonable but my apologies if it ends up deviating from the original thought.

The Bots are Vegans

Due to their experiences with other species in the galaxy, the Autobots were familiar with the concept of other creatures consuming things beside energon for food. However for a very long time the bots had no idea what it was that the humans ate. All they knew was that the humans consumed organic material to fuel their fleshy frames.

And so when Agent Fowler walked into base carrying burgers for himself and the kids, the bots collectively dropped what they were doing to stare as the humans ate. The humans, understandably, did not understand at all as they watched the bots watch them eat with horrified expressions.

When asked what was wrong the conversation ended up going something like this-

Jack: Hey, you bots good?

Ratchet: What the frag are you eating!?

Jack: A... burger?

Bulkhead: But that "burger" thing is made of meat! Isn't that what you organics are made out of as well!?

Miko: Well it isn't human meat. We aren't cannibles!

Arcee: *visibly distraught* But it's still meat... the flesh of other living beings...

Rafael: I suppose if you look at it that way, we are kind of cannibals. But you bots aren't much better in that case.

Bumblebee: *concerned at the implications* What do you mean?

Rafael: You said that your home world is made up of your God's body, and since energon runs through Cybertron's surface and you must consume it to live...

Optimus: That is differen-

Miko: Is it though? I mean you literally drink the blood of your God to live!

Optimus: *horrified at the thought* Our consumption of energon is a unique situation. While we may need to drink it to survive, our usage of it is more akin to blood transfusions that you humans do. no creature upon Cybertron consumes the flesh of other living being as you appear to be doing.

Miko: *gesturing toward the bots* Then explain scraplets. They devour metal right? Specifically living metal.

Ratchet: Scraplets are a different story, they aren't like the rest of Cybertron's ecosystem. But that is beside the point, you are literally feasting on the corpses of the dead!

Jack: It's not human meat! It's cow meat!

Ratchet: It's still meat! You might as well be ghouls!

The argument never reached a reasonable conclusion. The bots, mainly Ratchet firmly believed that the humans were some sort of insane predator species. And the humans suddenly began viewing the bots as vampires unwilling to admit that they are not in fact the Vegans they claim to be.

With that in mind, Bulkhead became far more terrified of the fact that the human children thought it was a grand idea to keep a scraplet as a pet. Sure they didn't know, but then again, a species that is willing and even enthusiastic about eating the matter of other living being despite there being other alternatives is likely one that will not make much sense.

The children like to joke about the bots vampirism and the bots are left gagging whenever the humans go out of their way to eat meat in front of them.

[fina1gxrl]

the seam of skin and scales (little light) // Some Thoughts About Werewolves and Gender Identity (Sarah Horrocks) // Ginger Snaps (John Fawcett) // the joy of transformation! (pityboy) // We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (Jane Schoenbrun) // Madotsuki’s Closet (Bagenzo)