(Actually now with PhD, but Doctor of Philosophy just doesn't have the same evil ring, does it?)
I'm not big on wearing my dressy work clothes (is anyone?), even though I think I look quite acceptable in them. I'm more the jeans-and-ponytail type given my druthers. But since I have four days a week working with clients and students, it means I have to come up with four dressy outfits a week.
Luckily, I have a genius plan for reducing that stress. Since the people who see me Monday don't see me Tuesday (and vice versa), and the people who see me Wednesday don't see me Thursday (and vice versa), all I really have to do is come up with two outfits for the week. (It's not like I'm lifting heavy boxes and sweating in them, after all.)
Of course, if I were truly bohemian I'd just wear the same thing all the time, and it'd be a sweater-vest and a beret.
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I hate dressing up. The quickest way to make me a useless employee is to put me in pantyhose - they make me stupid and listless in seconds.
I've read stories about research scientists and other folks who have a closet full of all the same clothes -- i.e., 5 black pants, 5 white dress shirts, maybe 5 grey blazers -- and just wear the same thing (although clean) every day. They find something that looks good on them and just stick to that. The rationale is that it takes too much valuable time to determine if "this tie" goes with "that shirt." Personally, when it comes to a work environment, I think it's a good plan.
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