hi guys today there are four ways that I
feel you could identify that you are in
a style rut and then I have four ways on
how to get out of it when I feel like
I'm in a rut
I feel unmotivated to get ready in the
day and I don't leave myself enough time
to do important things like ironing my
clothes that I really could have worn or
putting together an outfit that would
have been much better had I not felt in
a rush that exhaustion was really just
because I didn't want to put in the
effort of going through my closet again
and finding an outfit and part of that
too would be that I feel exhausted about
what's hanging in my closet maybe that's
how you feel maybe you've sorted through
the same pieces in your closet over and
over again and you don't feel inspired
about what's hanging up next maybe once
you've put your outfit together you just
kind of feel like you wish that it would
have been a little bit more polished a
little bit more thought through and
finally maybe you find that all of your
outfits sort of blend together what you
wear to a girls night out or a date
night or a special event might be the
same thing that someone would find you
wearing in an office or running errands
or just lounging around your house maybe
there's more definition that has to
happen there with your outfits than just
wearing the same thing to every single
type of event so those are the things
that I can really find in myself if I
just feel a little bit bored by my
outfits or bored by my closet here's how
I find my way out of that number one you
want to audit your closet go in your
closet and figure out which pieces you
absolutely love and everything else
figure out why you're holding on to it
if it serves any point or purpose in
your wardrobe anymore maybe there are
certain memories that you have tied to
those pieces that you don't cherish so
those would be reasons to get rid of
those things and next I would say you
want to sort through the pieces that you
loved and write down the reasons why you
love them is it a certain type of cut
that you really love maybe you just
really love that certain color maybe you
wear a lot of one or two colors so sort
through why that is
and make decisions for yourself to move
on to the next thing tip number two is
to make rules for shopping so take those
categories that you made of why you
loved the certain pieces that you did
out of your wardrobe and make them a
checklist for when you do go shopping if
there are any gaps left in your wardrobe
maybe you really need a new raincoat
then find a raincoat that actually meets
those categories of what you love in
your closet make sure that it's matching
the rest of your wardrobe through
finding out what colors you often wear
and then also the cut do you like
something a little bit more structured
versus flowy etc also when making rules
for shopping add a new color to your
wardrobe so I like to do this with
seasonal items not my signature
essential pieces that are timeless and
I'll always wear but maybe it's going to
be sweater weather soon and you want to
start experimenting with a new color do
that for seasonal items like sweaters
like accessories that you can experiment
with and I would only add one maybe two
new colors to your curated closet so
that you can really tell if you love
that before investing too much into
something that might not stick around
forever one of my rules for shopping is
that I now stay out of dressing rooms if
I'm going to shop in store it's very
unlikely that I'll actually bring it
into the fitting room and so in general
I now just shop online if I'm going to
shop online
it's got not only the measurements and
fit guides to make sure that the garment
that I would have just picked off the
rack actually matches my measurements
and so then I don't feel super
disappointed like I would have if I
would have brought it into the fitting
room and felt horrible about myself when
that piece wasn't even designed to fit
me in the first place so with the proper
measurement guides online I can filter
through most of what I would have tried
on and figured out didn't work for me
the reason why I avoid fitting rooms at
this point is that most fitting rooms
aren't designed to actually be
flattering and I don't understand this
at all because if I were to set up a
retail shop I would make sure that every
fitting room actually made every woman
feel amazing but what really happens is
there's weird fluorescent lights there's
weird mirrors they just are not set up
to actually make me leave the fitting
room feel
like I love myself and I love that piece
of clothing on me so what I find instead
is by having the ability to shop online
not only can i filter through the right
measurement guides but also the
experience of having something show up
to my door in a carefully curated box
and then to have this beautiful garment
actually I try on even though I bought
it already I generally don't make many
returns because I've already used
everything I know to do with my shopping
rules to make sure that purchase was
right to begin with my next tip on how
to get out of a style rut has to do with
the routine of getting your outfit
pressed and ready to go the night before
make sure that everything is perfect for
the weather the next day and that's just
gonna be the perfect way to jump out of
bed and have one less decision to make a
lot of times for me to if I have
somebody that knocks on my door and use
a signature for a package or if it's
just somebody coming over to say hello
all those times I would have actually
gotten ready for the day and looked the
part and I would have felt so much
better about myself in my day I would
have actually gotten more done in the
day too just by being fully ready and
that's one less decision that I would
have procrastinated on the day of had I
been rushing around and trying to make
everything look perfect and then not
having time to press my outfit my final
tip for getting out of a style rut is to
actually go and create some new
experiences so call up an old friend and
try to hang out do something kind of
different than you normally would what
you can do is wear something that maybe
you've owned for a really long time that
maybe you don't have the best
experiences or memories with and then by
going out and seeing that old friend the
likelihood of them saying oh I love your
sweater I love your dress then you can
feel like there's a new memory that you
can associate with that item you can do
this with new items too or find an
excuse to get a new item by creating a
new hobby for yourself so if you want to
try out a new Park and you want to walk
around that park that you've been
meaning to try then you can wear the
perfect pair of shoes for that and
actually create a new memory for that
one thing that happened recently in my
experience has been I was just on
vacation
and Zach and I we had the most beautiful
sunset and we passed this lake and so we
stopped and we actually ran out to go
see the sunset and it was a beautiful
experience and I just remember I was
wearing these sneakers that I really
loved but they got kind of grass stains
on them they got a little bit dirty and
because I loved the memory so much I was
ok with them getting a little bit dirty
so that's just like one example of
creating a new experience around pieces
that you either are newly purchased or
maybe ones that you already owned and
those are my tips on how to get out of a
style rut I hope that these are helpful
and I hope that these tips are inspiring
just know that this will take a lot of
patience and if this has been inspiring
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next time bye
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