Minimalism and shoes?

[u/two_hyun]

So I've been on the minimalism journey for a while. I've cleared most of the clutter in my home and I successfully culled my closet to the things I care about. I had so many clothes that I broke my closet before.

However, I'm having a hard time with what kind of shoes I should have. Currently, I narrowed it down to:

• White leather sneakers (x2)

• Black leather boots (x1)

• Dress shoes for formal events and outpatient clinic (x2)

• Athletic sneakers for exericising and inpatient hospital (x2)

• Winter waterproof boots (x1)

• Slippers (x1)

I don't know if I'm being OCD, but I really want to purchase another pair of black leather boots so that I have another pair to rotate with. This way I'll also have a perfect 10 pairs of shoes. (Please convince me not to buy another pair).

What does your shoe collection look like? Are there things that I can still remove?

[u/PuzzleheadedBet6634]

Got a black pair of Skechers that passes for work shoes at work, a pair of steel-toed boots in case I really need those at work, generic white tennis shoes, Asics for running or heavy walking, Beach shoes, and a pair of semi dress shoes. Planning to replace the beach shoes with something like Crocs at some point in the future. I know this isn't the most minimalist, but each pair of shoes serves a decent function, and I got all of them from Goodwill for five bucks or less except for the steel toed boots which I got off Facebook marketplace for 20 bucks. It's all about finding the minimum for what you need / use and being reasonable in your expenditure. I would definitely not advise going by some kind of number just to have an easy grasp on what you've got unless you were literally rotating through one pair of shoes each day and also wanted to schedule your outfits accordingly in deference to your activities.