Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Christopher Nolan, Andrew Huberman, Lex Fridman, and Matt D’Avella have one thing in common; they all wear the same thing most days. I’m starting to do the same, mostly out of decision fatigue. Before I realized, I started reaching for the same clothes every day, one outfit for home, and one outfit for outside. White T-shirt with black sweatpants at home, black long-sleeved T-shirt and black jeans for outside, maybe with a black cardigan if it’s cold. There’s hardly any thought that goes into choosing my outfit.
Ever since I briefly lived in New York City in 2013, I realized that a lot of New Yorkers wear black and I started to copy that. Black doesn’t get dirty easily, looks sleek and dressier than other colours, is slimming, and is easy to mix and match. Actually, slimming is not a good thing for my skinny frame and it’s probably better if I wear brighter colours to not look so small, but now I like black too much to care about that. In fact, I just bought a couple of black untucked shirts to emulate Andrew Huberman. Perhaps I should be a bit dressier now that I’m in my mid-30s.
I’m going to have to do another Marie Kondo style wardrobe cleanout. I’ve done it a few years ago but it’s about time for another one. You take out all your clothes from everywhere and lay them on the ground. Then you start putting in the clothes you wear every day. If you haven’t worn them in years, it’s probably time to give them away. Thank your clothes and then let them go. *sigh… I’m not looking forward to it.