You could take out your oldest sweater (the one that was first in), figuring that you
probably won’t use it again—hoping you won’t discover in the following days that it
is your most used, most treasured possession. Or, you could remove the sweater that
you haven’t worn recently and has been idle for the longest amount of time (the one
that was least recently used). It is readily identifiable because it is at the bottom of the
drawer. But just because it hasn’t been used recently doesn’t mean that a once-a-year
occasion won’t demand its appearance soon.