How Dressing Intentionally Can Transform Your Mindset and Life
By
Lauren Theisen
12d ago· 6 min readenOpinion
75/100
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Summary
The author reflects on moving into a new apartment with actual closets after six years without them in Brooklyn. This prompts a broader meditation on how clothing and personal style can transform one's mindset and life. The article explores the psychological connection between what we wear and how we feel, suggesting that intentional dressing can lead to personal reinvention and increased confidence.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledFor the first time in six years, I have closets.
My bedroom was twice the height of a normal bedroom, and there's no reason why they shouldn't have extended the other bedroom, a flight of stairs up, over my room.
There was a secret, unfinished space above the kitchen, accessible by vent, which we only discovered five years into our residence thanks to a beeping smoke detector.
For the first time in six years, I have closets. At the Brooklyn apartment I just moved out of, all available evidence points to them just screwing up the blueprint. My bedroom was twice the height of a normal bedroom, and there’s no reason why they shoul
