“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” ~ Epictetus, Stoic philosopher As most fashion bloggers advise, it’s easier to dress yourself if you have a simple, carefully edited wardrobe — which typically means fewer clothes. And so, before leaving on vacation, I spent a week purging my closets. My latest pile of discards contained some nearly new, barely worn items — a fact that tugged on my conscience as I folded and packed it all into black garbage bags. The shame I felt for being wasteful was only partly erased by the knowledge that my unwanted clothes will be donated to a charity. Someone else…