How organizing your wardrobe leads to a smoother morning routine

Written By Dr. Becky Lossing

Setting the tone for a calm and collected workday starts at home.  For one thing, spending unnecessary energy on making decisions in the morning – like what to wear – can cause decision fatigue that may affect more important decisions at work.  Secondly, if you’re physically or mentally uncomfortable in the clothes that you wear, then it can affect your focus and composure, even if it’s subtle.  

 So, when it comes to your wardrobe, what is the best way to set yourself up for success at work?  

#1 Get rid of clothes that you don’t love.

Be brutally honest with yourself about which clothes you actually enjoy wearing, and donate or sell the rest.  It’s time to let go of items that you have kept out of guilt… maybe you bought them recently, or paid a lot of money for them, or were given them as gifts, but they are itchy, uncomfortable, too tight, too loose, losing buttons, stick to you in winter, and don’t reflect your real personal style.  You should only be left with clothes that are physically comfortable and make you feel great at work. 

 #2 Organize what’s left.

 Keep your work-appropriate clothes separate from your non-work-friendly clothes so that you can find what you need quickly in the morning without having to filter through irrelevant items.  

Of course, this entire exercise could potentially take a lot of time!  So if you’re looking for something small that you can do today, let’s start here:

 

30 min plan (that you can do today):

1.     Start with just your clothes that are hanging up in your closet. Separate your work-appropriate clothes (and keep them on the left) from your non-work clothes (and keep those on the right).  

2.     Organize work clothes from left-to-right: lab coats, jackets, scrubs, sweaters, long-sleeved shirts or blouses, short-sleeved, then pants or skirts.

3.     With your remaining time, start looking through your clothes for items that don’t make you excited to wear and designate them as either donate or sell.  They will definitely find a good home elsewhere while making your closet much more lovely and organized.

Want more great organizing tips? Check out the link below:

Mini Mammoth

 

Dr. Becky Lossing

I am a veterinarian, and the founder & CEO of mini mammoth.  We are a startup that helps vet students stay organized & optimize the way they practice medicine, so that they can spend more time doing the things they love & less of what’s already been solved. 

 

It’s important to note that I did not use “Next 10 Hours” strategy to study for my own NAVLE® exam in 2013 – since I didn’t come up with it until 2021 - but it’s what I would use if I had to do it all over again. 

 

I was very fortunate to pass the exam on my first try in 2013, but I have often looked back and thought that my study strategy was not an efficient/targeted use of my time.  This is partially what inspired me to think about a different way for how to study for the exam.  That, and, in 2017, I started working in the software development world, where this framework (working in smaller, yet complete batches) is routinely used to tackle large projects.  I believe that it is highly translatable to studying for the NAVLE®, and hope that it can help future students prepare for the exam with more confidence and less stress. 

 

https://minimammoth.com/
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