A closet can look perfectly fine on the outside—folded stacks, lined-up shoes, neat boxes. But it still feels exhausting to use. It’s heavy. It’s tiring. And usually, the culprit isn’t the mess.
It’s the overlap.
Deep shelves are a trap. They hide more than they show. The second one item blocks another, your closet turns into a puzzle you have to solve before you can even get dressed. You’re forced to remember what’s buried and physically move three things just to reach the one you actually want.
I’ve realized that most people fight their closets because they stack things vertically. When you pile clothes high, the bottom layer becomes a “dead zone.” You haven’t even opened the door yet, but your body is already anticipating the annoyance of the search.
I do things differently.
I never stack my clothes in a way that hides them. Instead, I roll them. I place them in drawers in just two layers—never more. This creates “visual silence.” I can see every single item at a glance without moving a thing. If you can’t see it, you don’t wear it.
And I don’t set aside special time for “organizing.” Since I work during the week, I use the laundry cycle to my advantage. When I finish the laundry and put clothes back in the drawer, I naturally rotate the positions. The clean clothes go to the back or the side, and the items that were sitting there for a while move to the front. It’s a 30-second habit that stops the “overlap” before it starts.
A closet shouldn’t be a struggle you have to “get through.” It’s supposed to be the place where your day begins with ease, not where your energy starts to leak away.