How Your Outfit Can Motivate You

This week I’m embracing the return of the weekday and taking full advantage of my time in order to be productive. I am finally adjusting to working 40 hour weeks, AKA the real world, and I feel like its definitely time for me to buckle down and focus on time management and priorities.

 Throughout college I worked a lot, but I never had a 9-5 that was 40 hours a week. I mostly did babysitting and retail jobs which were both very irregular schedules and very flexible fun jobs! I miss those jobs a lot, but I am thankful for the normalcy and structure of my current “big girl” job. Since I wasn’t used to this type of schedule I had a hard time staying motivated in certain aspects of my life. Now that is all going to change, and what I wear every day is going to play a large roll in that!

This look isn’t something I would wear to my current job because it just doesn’t really fit the atmosphere. But the point is that getting ready and putting a little more effort into my outfit for the day really helps me to stay motivated. It may sound far fetched at first, but when I wear something that I like I am happier and I feel better about almost everything. So wether it is a coffee date with a pal, hitting a work-out, or going to work, I have decided to take a little more time and effort on the clothes that I decide to throw on.

When I throw on the closest, easiest, comfiest thing I save a lot of time and I’m always “comfy.” But I realize that by taking this short-cut on my wardrobe I also took a short cut on one of my many passions in life which is fashion. Therefore I have decided to change this, either by planning out my outfits in advance or waking up a little earlier to make time for this pleasure. When I like what I’m wearing I like what I’m doing more.

Fashion may not be the area that everyone needs to focus on to perk them up and get them motivated, but that is one thing that works really well for me. I think its important that we all are aware of the little things that inspire us or motivate us throughout the day. So make time for the things you love. Working out, cooking, fashion, beauty…whatever it may be don’t forget to incorporate into your daily  life so that you get more out of every day! 🙂

Sweater – Forever21

Skirt – Free People

Top – Forever21

Boots – GoJane

Choker – Windsor