Things to do to streamline your life

I've decided to take a lesson from Einstein and wear the same thing every day. I've never cared about clothing anyway so now I won't have to spend time thinking about what to wear. I'm simply going to have several 'copies' of the same outfit. When I do need to replace a piece of clothing (oh, how I loathe shopping) I won't have to think about what to buy, so it will make that rare occasion easier, as well.

I've heard of other people doing this--do any of you?

What other ways do you make your life as easy as possible?

i don't wear identical clothes all the time but i do have a pretty simple wardrobe with little variation. i have 2 identical pairs of trackie bottoms, 1 pair of jeans (well, 2 but one is a bad fit), and a selection of hoodies. i have a few t shirts (mainly bands) which i occasionally wear under the hoodie if i'm cold, or on their own if i'm hot. i have one or two jumpers to vary with the hoodies.

that said, i have quite comprehensive pyjamas (M&S's new range of pyjamas has the most comfortable things ever) - my current pair involve trackie-like trousers (although thinner, as they're pjs), a hooded top and a t shirt underneath, so not exactly varied from my "daytime" clothes.

around the house i normally just stay in my pjs unless i have to go out. if i go out i just take off one tracksuit type combination and replace it with a slightly more outdoors one.

dogtanian wrote:that said, i have quite comprehensive pyjamas (M&S's new range of pyjamas has the most comfortable things ever)

Me too. I love my jammies. Oohhh, what're the new M&S jim jams like?

dogtanian wrote:around the house i normally just stay in my pjs unless i have to go out. if i go out i just take off one tracksuit type combination and replace it with a slightly more outdoors one.

Me too!! I only get dressed if I have to leave the house, which I try to do as infrequently as possible.

Alex Foster wrote:What other ways do you make your life as easy as possible?

This is only somewhat related, but I'm one of these people who tries to do things in the exact same way every time. I don't like experiences in general so I try to minimize the number of them I have. One example might be how I eat at the same places over and over again, and tend to always order the same thing.

I'm also pretty strongly against the ideas of materialism and consumerism, so I don't buy something unless I absolutely need it (and sometimes even then I don't buy it)...

AC

Acid Crystal, I think that's definitely related. I used to have my life on a rather strict routine and I was very happy then because I didn't have to think about what to do. Up, make bed, eat, wash up, dress, check email, go to work, come home, check email, read, dinner, shower, bed.

If I was asked to do something that wasn't my choosing (i.e. not on my timetable) I was highly miffed.

only used to? i still do that!

acid, it's odd what you say about consumer materialism, i'm the opposite. i tend to buy things without really thinking about them and forget about them fast. it's like they're there one minute but once the transaction's made, they're out of mind.

dogtanian wrote:only used to? i still do that!

I've loosened up a bit since getting married and having another person around. When I need to get back into a routine for sanity's sake my husband understands, though.

dogtanian wrote:i tend to buy things without really thinking about them and forget about them fast. it's like they're there one minute but once the transaction's made, they're out of mind.

That is EXACTLY how I am. I have so much *stuff* I don't need (and so much debt I could do without) because of it. I'm improving at being more aware of my superfluous spending now.

dogtanian wrote:acid, it's odd what you say about consumer materialism, i'm the opposite. i tend to buy things without really thinking about them and forget about them fast. it's like they're there one minute but once the transaction's made, they're out of mind.

So then why buy them?

I'm of the opinion that society (at least the society I live in) gets people to work a lot harder than they have to because we have to buy all this crap we don't need.

AC

I would never wear the exact same outfit but I understand your decision. I hate shopping myself, and for a long time I never bought my own clothes for this reason (think I was maybe 16 when I got my first "own" clothes. Everything before were birthday presents and so on).

Now, I order clothes on the net. It's cheap, practical, and I don't have to swim around in other people.

Acid Crystal wrote:

dogtanian wrote:acid, it's odd what you say about consumer materialism, i'm the opposite. i tend to buy things without really thinking about them and forget about them fast. it's like they're there one minute but once the transaction's made, they're out of mind.

So then why buy them?

i don't really know. i was going to say because everything's pretty meaningless but if they were i wouldn't differentiate the things i buy from the things i don't and i wouldn't buy anything.

I'm of the opinion that society (at least the society I live in) gets people to work a lot harder than they have to because we have to buy all this crap we don't need.
AC

we are all bourgeois now.....