how disciplined are you? - by emily north - angel cake

i’ve been thinking a lot about discipline, i suspect because i tend to feel i concurrently possess too much and too little at all times. particularly in the context of my shopping habits, i have realized through cyclical years of closet clean-outs that the pieces i hold onto are those which i have had the discipline to thoughtfully save up for and source. the sugar-high-esque hit of a fast fashion piece my brain thinks i “need to have” because it is perceived as on-trend and is dangerously accessible does not last more than a year in my closet if generous. i strive to possess the discipline to only shop vintage and have a closet sparsely filled with vintage yohji yamamoto, 90s prada and tom ford era gucci but i worry i will never metamorphosize into that illusive type of disciplined cool girl who casually drops the sentence, “i only buy a few things per year and they’re usually archival” like it is the easiest thing in the world. i do not think i am alone in this fear of a lack of self

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• Mandy Xu