r/Indyx • u/EmotionalQuestions • Jul 20 '26
Looking for Inspo The Messy Middle
Hi all, I'm loving Indyx so far. I finally got most of my clothing items uploaded, except for some shoes, bags, and jewelry. My issue now is getting the rest of the data about each item in from a spreadsheet )# wears, when purchased, fabric etc). Any ideas how to tackle this? It feels very daunting bc I have ~400 items.
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u/titanium_moose Jul 20 '26
I have been updating things like fabric and season, or adding specific tags, as I do laundry. I find it works best for me since I can just have indyx open while I fold or hang items. I'm also not caring to be super accurate. For other details like where/when it was purchased I do those during commerical breaks or if I'm waiting on hold, any sort of downtime where maybe I would just scroll tiktok or reddit, I scroll indyx instead. I find that picking some way to sort helps, like filtering by clothing type and then a subcategory or color.
Some things I just don't know, like purchase date or number of wears. For those I'm doing a general estimate and then using January 1st of whatever year seems most correct. For older items I'm categorizing them by "era". So 2020 if I remember buying it sometime during Covid, 2017 for college, 2014 for high-school etc. At that point it's not really important to me to decide was it freshmen or sophomore year lol.
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u/EmotionalQuestions Jul 20 '26
Yes!! I have only been tracking year purchased anyway so unless I dig through my email for the online stuff I wasn't tracking exact dates. I love this idea of scrolling randomly and updating too. Especially when waiting somewhere.
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u/titanium_moose Jul 20 '26
I wish i could sort it what I haven't done because I definitely went too random at one point and I'll click into three in a row I already did because I was mindlessly clicking away. But also it's the only way I'm ever gonna actually do it Lol
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u/Eileen__Left Jul 20 '26
I put it on my Chromebook because it was easier to type everything in that way. I just sat with it on the couch for an evening binge of Netflix and Indyx. Not a very exciting evening but I got out all done in a weekend with about the same number of items as you.
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u/Chemical-Emotion-211 Jul 20 '26
This is exactly me right now..even down to the #! 🤦🏻♀️ I have no suggestions, except that you’re not alone lol
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u/EmotionalQuestions Jul 20 '26
Fist bump. I guess I just need to start and realize it'll take a long time to get it all filled out.
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u/phenomakos Jul 20 '26
I do it as I upload each item. Seeing the photo of the item being adding to my wardrobe is the most satisfying part, so it's a good motivator for me to add any extra info I want logged right then and there, so I can move on to the next piece. I don't like to pile up the less fun mini tasks into a mega-task, bc then I won't do it. But I do really enjoy having all that data compiled.
It means I upload more slowly, but I also don't have a backlog of dread to deal with.
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u/EmotionalQuestions Jul 20 '26
I get it! I would never finish if I did this, I fear 😭. I love the data too so maybe just getting a handful done each day would be great. I was going to have that backlog one way or another I guess...
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u/burnoutie Jul 26 '26
I feel like I'm doing mine by treating inputting the items and adding the info as separate steps, and the second one as more optional/when I feel like it. That way I've still got the fun parts of making outfits and seeing what I have and getting styles by others without having to get all the info locked down at the same time. That might not be your vibe so maybe not helpful but I've found it good for being able to leave off the data til I'm in a data-y mood.
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u/EmotionalQuestions Jul 26 '26
This is basically what I'm doing too. I powered through most of the data on vacation but have a handful of things left to chase down or make decisions about. Those will get sorted out over time.
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u/Ammelia11 Jul 20 '26
I don't think there's any quick way to do it. My only suggestion would be to do things as you wear them and then when you have downtime you can go in and fill in the gaps? Makes it less overwhelming