Stupid Vanities

I wore the same pants four days in a row this week. So what. They weren't dirty and they didn't smell. They weren't wrinkled. I wonder if anyone in the office noticed? Perhaps, but who cares. Its perfectly fine to were the same belt, shoes, and jacket every day. But if you wear the same shirt or pants every day you're a weirdo. Gym clothes are another example. Provided they don't smell, it is perfectly acceptable to wear the exact same thing every time you work out.

Albert Einstein wasn't fond of clothing. In fact, he never wore socks. Some surmised that he only wore the same thing so as to not complicate his life any more. Stephen Malkmus memorilized Yul Brynner's perspective on the ultimate in simplification: shave your head. He used this quote to open one of his songs:

"....And in a funny way, the shaving of my, uh, head has been a liberation from, uh, a lot of, uh, stupid vanities really. uh, it has simplified everything for me, it has opened a lot of doors..."

If my experience is any litmus test, try wearing the same thing every day one week. At the very least, you can see if anyone notices.