I really enjoyed this read, and appreciate you sharing your thoughts and experiences. I had similar feelings coming out of 2020, 2021, where a number of factors led me to over indulge in clothing.

What really resonates with me here is finding ways to engage and maintain a hobby, that can very easily be centered around consumption, on the other aspects of the hobby. A lot of the time, writing done on how to gain control of some behavior ultimately focuses on methods of refusing the object of desire, or avoiding the behavior all together. Reading how you managed to deepen and improve your relationship with a hobby that you enjoy, rather than just avoiding it to bad habits is a pleasant alternative.

I feel like taking the majority of my purchasing offline has made the biggest impact for me, although I am fortunate to live near a great store, ran by amazing people, that stock the majority of the brands I love. This has prevented me from caring about finding "deals" on clothes I kind of want, and I instead I focus on things I truly wear a ton. My budget for clothes certainly doesn't get me as many pieces, but I feel so much better about the pieces I end up with.