For the past four years my professional and personal life has been so frenetic that certain important things have gotten out of control.
One of them is my wardrobe. I've got professional gear: Jackets, bazars and skirts or trousers. I've got board meeting ensembles and casual Friday pieces. I've got the clothes I wear when I'm running errands on weekends, or having fun and I've got the oft-laundered, comfortable and somewhat frayed pieces I wear around the house.
Guess which ones are my favorites?
Most of my life black, navy, khaki and red have been staple colors, with white and cream to relieve the monotony. In recent years, I've added brighter hues. Right now I've got a rainbow in my closet.
My overall style is tailored, almost sporty: White shirts, jeans, cambric shirts, cardigans, and always, a black turtleneck.
And that's where Steve Jobs enters the picture.
We all know about Jobs' routine style: Black mock turtleneck, jeans and athletic shoes. Jobs created a personal brand with this uniform, but he also made it easy to figure out what to wear every morning.
And that, more or less, was his plan. Jobs wanted to simplify.
After years of worrying about what to wear and what not to wear, after decades of shopping (the sales, of course!), I finally get it.
Simple really is best. Subconsciously, I find myself wearing the same items over and over again, especially on weekends. I am captivated with the idea of giving it all to Goodwill and St. Vincent's and starting over again with the classic basics.
I can't do that, of course, until I retire. But I can pare down and shed those pieces that don't suit my need to make getting dressed a little easier.
Fretting over what to wear strikes me as inordinately silly at this point in life. A hot wardrobe does not equal happiness or satisfaction - that I know.
There are just a lot of more compelling things I want to turn my attention to now.
One of them is my wardrobe. I've got professional gear: Jackets, bazars and skirts or trousers. I've got board meeting ensembles and casual Friday pieces. I've got the clothes I wear when I'm running errands on weekends, or having fun and I've got the oft-laundered, comfortable and somewhat frayed pieces I wear around the house.
Guess which ones are my favorites?
Most of my life black, navy, khaki and red have been staple colors, with white and cream to relieve the monotony. In recent years, I've added brighter hues. Right now I've got a rainbow in my closet.
My overall style is tailored, almost sporty: White shirts, jeans, cambric shirts, cardigans, and always, a black turtleneck.
And that's where Steve Jobs enters the picture.
We all know about Jobs' routine style: Black mock turtleneck, jeans and athletic shoes. Jobs created a personal brand with this uniform, but he also made it easy to figure out what to wear every morning.
And that, more or less, was his plan. Jobs wanted to simplify.
After years of worrying about what to wear and what not to wear, after decades of shopping (the sales, of course!), I finally get it.
Simple really is best. Subconsciously, I find myself wearing the same items over and over again, especially on weekends. I am captivated with the idea of giving it all to Goodwill and St. Vincent's and starting over again with the classic basics.
I can't do that, of course, until I retire. But I can pare down and shed those pieces that don't suit my need to make getting dressed a little easier.
Fretting over what to wear strikes me as inordinately silly at this point in life. A hot wardrobe does not equal happiness or satisfaction - that I know.
There are just a lot of more compelling things I want to turn my attention to now.
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