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Why I wear the same shirt every day

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Re: Why I wear the same shirt every day

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Post by ctdonath »

lotharbot wrote: post #11
kristofferR wrote: post #6

I'd like to see a life so absurdly optimized for productivity that the maximum 10 seconds you save every morning by not having to decide what to wear is worth even mentioning. The next post will probably be about opening doors more effectively, like Kramer, to save a couple of seconds off the time spent opening doors each day.

It's not so much "saving 10 seconds" as it is "avoiding cognitive context switching". If you happen to be thinking about something important, you don't want to interrupt that thought process to look through your clothes and decide what to wear, or what to have for breakfast, or which car to drive, or any number of other trivial decisions. If you can replace those with automatic non-decisions ("take the top shirt out…

I'll agree. Running on a tight schedule this morning, I wasted a few minutes staring foggy-brained into the closet wondering what would go with what and not unduly duplicate what I wore the day before (and trying to remember what that was). Had to dig thru the dryer to find something suitable. Not a big deal, sure, but it kinda soured the start of the day, derailed whatever I'd rather be thinking of at the moment (was having enough trouble thinking period), and ended up about 15 minutes behind when I wanted to be where.

I've got enough trivial decisions & distractions to deal with. Reducing them is becoming paramount as my schedule, and mind, and life, become ever more crammed with stretches.

I'm seriously thinking of emptying the entire closet and refilling it with matched outfits kept that way. Not going so far as the same thing every day, but there are nice sets which should be in an organized grab-and-go arrangement.

Re: Why I wear the same shirt every day

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Post by saraid216 »

bradddd wrote: post #8
delambo wrote: post #2

"[on Steve Jobs] He wore that famous black mock turtleneck ... not to make a fashion statement" If you hire Issey Miyake to make a custom turtleneck, then you are making a fashion statement. Also, he wore black for a reason - it's a sophisticated, serious, and confident color (or lack thereof) - which was a fashion statement.

Exactly. To interpret that as a "now I have more time to deal with other things" motive fails to acknowledge the fact that Jobs was one of the most prolific critics of subtle details. If he truly had more important things to care about than his wardrobe, he would have worn whatever he had any given day. It may not be fashion, but he established a brand.

I would be highly entertained if someone actually established a line of clothing catering to Steve Jobs wannabes.

Re: Why I wear the same shirt every day

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Post by Cushman »

freshhawk wrote: post #10

You aren't Steve Jobs. I would give the opposite advice. The easiest thing you can do to make people like you more, trust you more and respect your opinion more is to dress well and appropriately. Job's outfit and Zuckerberg's hoodies work the same way (whether that was the intention or not, I think not). The same part of human brains that stupidly subconsciously judges people by the way they are dressed is doing the…

He's not doing this because he's Steve Jobs, he's doing it because he has a reason for doing it that Steve Jobs had first. Cue joke about "A system and method for dressing a human being."

And man, I just don't know about the rest of that. If you can't wear what you want to because you're doing a startup...

Re: Why I wear the same shirt every day

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Post by mhurron »

ricardobeat wrote: post #33
qq66 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You also don't need to wear the same thing every day to avoid thinking about what to wear. I never think about what to wear, just put on clothes randomly from the drawers. Sometimes my girlfriend has to tell me to go change, like when I wore a green sweater and green pants.

What's wrong with that? The colors match ;)

Yes, but you then look like a walking ball of snot. Also they may not be complimentary shades of green.

Re: Why I wear the same shirt every day

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Post by columbo »

suyash wrote: post #26
freshhawk wrote: post #10

You aren't Steve Jobs. I would give the opposite advice. The easiest thing you can do to make people like you more, trust you more and respect your opinion more is to dress well and appropriately. Job's outfit and Zuckerberg's hoodies work the same way (whether that was the intention or not, I think not). The same part of human brains that stupidly subconsciously judges people by the way they are dressed is doing the…

You aren't Steve Jobs. - So what, who says he can't emulate Steve Jobs?

Wearing the same outfit over and over to emulate Steve Jobs is like cutting off your ear to emulate Van Gogh.

Re: Why I wear the same shirt every day

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Post by [deleted] »

delambo wrote: post #2

"[on Steve Jobs] He wore that famous black mock turtleneck ... not to make a fashion statement" If you hire Issey Miyake to make a custom turtleneck, then you are making a fashion statement. Also, he wore black for a reason - it's a sophisticated, serious, and confident color (or lack thereof) - which was a fashion statement.

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