“𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝐸𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦.”

“Fᴀsʜɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ʏᴏᴜ.”

𝐴𝑠 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑, 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑝. 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒-𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠, 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠, 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠.

𝐵𝑢𝑡, 𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑒, “𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛’𝑡 𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟!” 𝐼’𝑚 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼’𝑚 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑙. 𝑆𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝐼’𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝐼 𝑜𝑤𝑛. 𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦, ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑. 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦.

𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑒𝑡—𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓—𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈. 𝑈𝑚, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑑, 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑚, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟.

𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫? 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑒𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 “𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒” 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡? 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑠. 𝑂𝑟 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒. 𝑁𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡. 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒃𝒚 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑛.

𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝑆𝑜 𝑦𝑒𝑠, 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠. 𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦? 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛, 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒. 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑢ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑡. 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 (𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟-𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑑,𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑦, 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒), 𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛, 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡, 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 (𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛) 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝑌𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 (𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠) 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑎 ℎ𝑢𝑔𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢: 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡, 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡. 𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑡, 𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑠, 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑟𝑡, ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠, 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐼𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆, 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

𝑫𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒖𝒑. 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒖𝒑 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕.

What’s on my desk

I spend more and more time at my desk these days, doing everything from preparing the family taxes to working on this blog. Because of this, my workspace is constantly changing. Holding the clutter at bay is challenging, so I prefer to keep nearby only a few quality items that serve multiple purposes over a stockpile of things I might never need.

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