First of all, glad this thread is helpful to have around! Also if you do see any of this kind of discussion in any of the other sneaker threads (if you go there), give them a heads-up about this post! I feel like it'll help those who may be interested in having this conversation and see where others like us are and what they hope to achieve if they want to reach this as the "closest to nirvana."
tuxedo1208
- you can do it! Hopefully this thread and our conversations here will help and encourage.
Fozz
kickvicisous
- see, that's what I DON'T wanna deal with, haha. Having to move all those shoes.
jaypesoz
- so it really was exposure that just got you to fall back in? No shame, that exact situation happened to me on and off. I think lately, I've just been most pissed off about that and my habits. I really do think that ultimately no matter what we try to do to cope, the best way which seems to be the tried-and-true way is to actually limit or remove the exposure.
sosa labumba
Dhizzle
- I'm glad this helps! Yeah, I can't even figure out my tipping point since I've had multiple tipping points, haha. I was telling my friend awhile back who relapsed (but may have stopped again) that it's usually when you imagine the outfits and stuff. Once you imagine the outfits, you don't only think of the shoes, but you think of everything that goes with it. That's the dangerous part. I had that issue, too, but when I decluttered my clothes and narrowed it down to a few neutral colors for main essential clothes like hoodies (navy blue, black, grey, green), it really just resolved everything.
clippermitch
- Okay, I thought it was just me who thought that! Conspiracy theory confirmed.
yeah, I'm starting to come to that point too. I'm able to work with the Silver Bullet Air Max 97s but only thanks to my insoles.
206to813
- That's dope how you got it narrowed down eventually. Was that 5 years until you found your happy medium just a matter of a lot of "experimenting," you'd say? By "experimenting," I mean like just buying and then changing your mind on them. What's the reason for why you feel like you're about to check out? Also stressful to stay up to date or something?
suchafraud23
- That's also one point where I may hope I can reach: being able to see shoes, say "cool" and not mind a single thing about it right after. When you got your grail and felt that it just didn't matter, was it because it was a "mission completed, so now what?" moment?
4one5
- That's why I bring up the stress factor question for everyone. It's just a lot of playing with Nike/Jordan's games that it just takes a toll on us.
Beruseruku Desu
- Do you plan to do anything with the ones you're not wearing?
soggysocks
- I'm having a similar moment where there's a shoe I want to sell because I truly don't care anymore about having it just to have it and not wear it or enjoy it. Echoing what +HarlemShakeStory said, this is as to why it's not worth having in my closet anymore.
Nipsey3000
- excellent commandments! Those are great to live by. For real, I still enjoy sneakers to some degree but I can't "love it" anymore, especially with the way sneakers have changed.
Question of the day. Do you feel like ultimately if the exposure to sneakers is much more limiting compared to the exposure it gets today that it would really calm our buying/collecting habits way down?
By the way, sorry if I'm constantly tagging you guys. I feel it's helpful to have conversations so that not only is it me who could learn, but to the others who may see this thread and may want to learn too.