THE DAILY STRUGGLE OF GETTING DRESSED 2024–5 WAYS TO PREVENT WARDROBE PANIC
When you think about a high-achieving professional you think about their work, the success rate, their integrity and for some, their digital footprint. But when it comes to their wardrobe style and getting dressed, that area of their professional brand may not be all that like it is in their work performance. Take a listen to a few client wardrobe troubles, who constantly have these fights with daily dress up.
If you listened to the audio files above, you most likely heard the frustration of these professionals (both male and female) when it comes to their appearance and managing their wardrobe.
Do these troubles sound familiar to you? The dressing experience for many of our clients seems to be a dreadful daily task that they never want to think about (let alone do confidently).
For the other portion of clients, it’s another task with no intentionality or plan of action assigned to it. The truth is, this is what adults have to do, if you were a child, you have the option of someone else picking out your clothes. As you grow out of that, the obvious would be to now take charge of that aspect of your life. Many visible professionals are feeling tired of the same old result, frustration and want more out of life.
We talk about how many people only use 20% of what’s in their closet but in this research it was reported how unorganized people are. Yet another study conducted by Marks and Spencer which sampled 2,000 men and women revealed that women spend an average of 17 minutes getting dressed while men take 13 minutes, which translates to 4 full days in a year for the women and 3 full days for the men and eventually 6 months of their working lives.
We could agree that 17 minutes could work when you have a rough idea of what you’re going to be wearing because it takes much more time when there’s no plan in sight. Hence the study also reports that the dilemma that comes from getting dressed causes 1 in 10 people to arrive late and 1 in 20 even miss the event eventually.
So one could ask, what’s the deal with getting dressed as an adult, a professional at that — why is it such a constant struggle? With the clients we consult, a lot of them didn’t realize initially that their calendar activities vary week-to-week or day-to-day. After the hit of the covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the whole world had to adjust and for some parts still adjusting to the effect of the pandemic on businesses, economy etc. Hence in 2023, the 9 to 5 job is not your only way of making money or earning a living if you’re going to be ahead of the constantly rising cost of living.
