Born out of a scarcity mindset, I have often found myself buying clothes that haven't *quite* fit right because they were cheap and I liked the look of them.

And due to that same scarcity, coupled with a struggle to let go when I realise I've made a mistake, I tend to *hold on* to clothes like this for far too long.

I try to *make* myself fit them. I sometimes try to stretch them. I put up with the *discomfort* of them being too tight.

But in reality what I'm really doing is trying to avoid what I should have done as soon as I realised an item was not comfortable: **I should have let it go.**

This bra was an example of this.


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In general, I find Bonds clothing comfortable. I like this style of bra for my body shape (lean). And I really wanted some more bright pink clothes in my wardrobe.

But usually within an hour or so of putting it on it would feel tight enough that I'd want to ~~throw it across the room~~ take it off.

Still, I would hope, with each wash that it would get looser. Or that I'd lose weight? (The latter is delusional; I'm already lean and do not need or even want to lose weight.)

I'd wash it, put it back in my underwear drawer and ignore it for months again - picking almost any other bra before that one. Until I'd forget how uncomfortable it was and repeat the process all over again.

*Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.*

So, clearly this insane behaviour cannot continue. 

And while I have many clothes that are just a little too tight for me, I have to start somewhere. Since I have plenty of bras, I'm starting with this much loved but ill-suited bralet.

It will go to the op shop and I hope someone who is just the right size for it, who also loves bright pink as much as I do, will lap it up.

Because all I know
is that it is time
to let it go.