Hear me out on this one OK? How many times have you lost a sock in the wash, on the way to the wash or down the back of the drawer? And you never see it again. You spend time searching for it, worrying about, thinking about having to buy new socks. Productive? I don’t think so.
So on to the most amazing tip I will ever tell you. This is what you have to do:
1. Throw out ALL your socks. That’s right ALL of ‘em.
2. Go shopping. Buy new socks. But only of the same type, size and color.
3. That’s it.
Sit back and laugh the next time you lose a sock. BECAUSE IT WON’T MATTER! If all your socks are the same size, type and color you don’t have to sort them. You don’t have to worry about loosing one (because all your socks are a replacement). And you don’t have to waste valuable time deciding which socks to wear in the morning. Even if a sock wears out or gets a hole in it and you have to throw it out, you just grab another one from the drawer. Genius!
And I walk the talk: I threw out all my white, colored, patterned, short or long socks about 10 years ago, and replaced them with one size/color/type. I chose those black hiking type socks (hard wearing, warm in winter, not too hot in the warmer months). In a typical family wash, I can easily see and grab all my socks from the washing basket. And they all live happily in a drawer loose, or in pairs — it doesn’t matter! Overall, this strategy has saved me time, energy and even a little bit of sanity.
I think this is a great tip. I’m going to try it. Although I may find it difficult throwing out my multi-colored, socks with toes thingies.
I did this four years ago. After being ridiculed for my pants not matching my socks, I threw all my pants away except the blue ones that match the socks. Since then things have gone great. Because almost no shirt clashes with my blue pants and blue socks. This tip rocks. But it take commitment
To me the best part was getting some of my anger out as I threw out all of the socks that weren’t blue. “Get out of here you confusing little bastards! You little cotton/acrylic mix gobshites” I threw them violently into large hefty bag, and tossed all that confusion and anxiety out of my life. Well actually first I toseed it into the driveway. Some of my neighbors found it disturbing when I continued to curse the full hefty bag full of socks outside in the driveway. I’m not sure if it is because I kept using the words bastard and gobshites, or because it went on for about 45 minutes. But now that they see how much calmer I am, and how I always match, and I’m never worrying about my missing socks, I’m thinking they realize it was all worth it.
And for those of us who still match socks to trousers, it’s still easy. Just buy two or three basic colours’ worth. I have black, grey and beige socks, all the same size and brand, and it’s just as one colour.