Women who get dressed everyday even when not leaving your house, how has that impacted your life?
Women who get dressed everyday even when not leaving your house, how has that impacted your life?
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Women who get dressed everyday even when not leaving your house, how has that impacted your life?
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It makes me feel more put together and ready for the day. I don’t get completely dolled up, like makeup and hair- but changing out of my muumuu and into some pants and a t shirt, it makes me feel better about myself somehow.
SAHM here. It helps me feel like there is a beginning and ending to my day and I tend to be more productive.
I do it to keep a sense of routine in my day. I like to separate day from night as i struggle sleeping. It makes me feel a sense of normality even if it is hard to get out my comfy pyjamas!
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It’s made me a better person. Unbothered, moisturised, happy, in my lane, focussed and flourishing.
Also I have warm tits.
I started to put on real clothes (jeans, maybe a button down or sweater) about 2 years into working from home 100%. Mostly it’s because I’m in a lot of of Zoom meetings and I realized that even if I’m not in person, I can still look cute and professional and I definitely get compliments even through a screen. It keeps me more awake gives me something fun to do in the morning I’m not going full, but I still look very nice and presentable. It’s fun!
I also realize that I had gained a lot of weight which is easy to not notice if you’re always wearing sweatpants and stretchy bottoms.
I work from home and always put my “good clothes” on even though I could get away with wearing PJs. It makes me feel more professional and ready to take on anything
I work from home on video calls…so I make myself presentable.
I’m always ready for anything. I can walk out the door anytime and not be embarrassed because my hair, face, and clothes are appropriate.
I do this for several reasons. Until six months ago, I was the primary caregiver for my FIL. There was always the possibility of needing to get him to the hospital.
We are first responders, and I’m the PIO for our department. It’s an as needed position, but if I’m needed, it’s an emergency. I don’t have time to get camera ready.
As for how it impacts my life? It simplifies it. It doesn’t take long to get ready in the morning, and then I’m done. I can’t count the times I’ve been grateful I was ready and able to ~grab & go~ at that moment.
For me, it brings greater confidence and a way to be creative! My overall wardrobe is a bit more relaxed and my makeup lighter than it used to be since I started to work remotely around 5 years ago – but I still love to plan outfits and a winged eyeliner is my everyday staple look. I believe it also helps me maintain a routine.
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It’s significantly improved my mental health. Ive worked from home since Covid and I need the routine. Gym clothes in the morning, shower after the lunchtime workout, new outfit for the afternoon/last part of the work day and maybe third outfit if I’m going out.
I refuse to look homeless or frumpy so I put myself together with effort daily.
Edit to add: I don’t think its impacted my life in any direction. It doesn’t make me feel important or anything. I am however, always dressed ready for company or to go anywhere.
It’s a good way to signify the transition from waking up, working, and going to bed.
It helps me feel put together and gives me extra motivation to tackle the day. It’s also a clear separation. When I’m in lazy clothes or pajamas, I’m going to be lounging around the house doing nothing. When I’m dressed for the day, I’m ready for anything.
I started getting dressed even without the intention of leaving because I was told it would help my mental health. Idk if it did, but it has made me ready for adventure should it appear at my door. If I’m already dressed, it’s easier to say yes to a spur of the moment outing and getting out actually helps.
I guess I’m confused by the question…. I feel… legal because I’m not illegally nude? XD
I put on “hard clothes” vs “soft clothes”. At the very least I change my shirt in the morning, even if it’s a hard day mentally. But I try to think “if my house burned down and I had to run outside right now, is this how I would want my neighbors to see me? Would I be equipped for the outside weather? Am I decent?” I also try to think “if there was an emergency and I had to take a family member to the hospital, would it look like I’m the patient?”
I aspire to be this kind of woman especially working from home
I’m out of bed. I dress for the day. My clothes are comfortable, but they’re acceptable for public (lotta yoga pants and loose sweaters)
As far as impact: it keeps me dressed?
I just like to look nice. I’m not going to wait for an occasion to do makeup or wear something pretty. That occasion usually never comes. And if something happens I need to go out I don’t panic that I have to get ready fast.
It’s never ocurred to me not to get dressed every day. Even if it’s just jeans and hoody.
Only times I’ve not dressed have been when extremely ill and unable, maybe with asthma or vertigo.
I’m a SAHM, and I felt trapped in the house because every time I wanted to go out to the store, shopping, see family or friends, it was just too much of a time commitment to get ready and out the door in the middle of the day. Taking a shower, makeup, hair, clothes, THEN getting my LO ready. It was like a 1 1/2 hour commitment that was just a big mental block and left me more often than not saying “ehh, not today. Maybe tomorrow or next week.”
But then, I realized. If I just get up every morning and get dressed before my LO wakes up, then that just removes that mental block that deters me. So, every single day, I got up and got ready for the day even if I didn’t have anything planned. Surprisingly, my quality of life started to sky rocket.
Since me and my kid were already ready by 10am, we started going to toddler time at the library, we started going out to gymnastics, running errands, visiting friends/family in the area. My mental health was so much better from getting out and socializing. My kids behavior was better for the same reasons.
Once I started feeling better day-to-day, I started a play group in my neighborhood and met some cool people, and then decided to start a discussion group for an intellectual outlet. Then, my mom and I started a mystery bookclub too. And then, I started volunteering at the Food Bank to help my community. I also joined a gym and started getting fitter. My mental health drastically improved and I felt so happy everyday just from the choice to get ready everyday.
Hope anyone who’s in a rut takes this as a sign that you should give it a try for a few months and see if any positive changes happen in your life.
I just feel so much better. For me it’s doing my hair that makes me feel put together and ready for anything.
I get more done on my days off if I get up and put myself together.
It makes me feel really good and like I’m taking care of myself!
I notice that when I don’t get dressed I feel like I have no purpose in life. Getting dressed for the day makes me more inclined to leave the house as well.
It’s helped me keep tabs on my mental health. One of the first signs that I need to check in with myself and my doctor is not taking care of myself well. Not showering, styling my hair, doing my skincare routine, getting dressed, etc. When I sort of let that lapse during the early days of lockdown, I lost that first warning sign that things were going poorly for me and I might need a medication adjustment. Making a rule that just because I’m not going anywhere doesn’t mean I don’t get myself ready for the day has given back a clear sense of whether my energy is low or I’m having a depressive period, which I appreciate.
Way less likely to spend the day rotting on the couch. Pretty much the only times I’m in sweats all day and without any makeup at all is if I’m sick
I started getting dressed every day at home and honestly? It saved my sanity. Pajamas 24/7 had me feeling like a couch goblin with no purpose. Now I throw on a cute outfit—even if no one sees it—and suddenly I’m a functioning adult who might answer emails and water her plants. It’s like tricking my brain into believing I have my life together. Bonus: mirrors hurt less now.
I mean, if I’m not leaving my house I have absolutely no need to get in proper clothes and get ready completely (hair done, makeup done etc.) That just feels like a huge waste of my time to me personally, so why would I bother?
I shower every day and get into FRESH pyjamas or lounge clothes though. Thats enough for me if I’m not leaving my house.
But it just seems like a waste of my “leaving the house clothes” if I were to properly get ready everyday. I’m creating more laundry, and for what? 🤣
I’ve been working from home while I wait to go on maternity leave, and the days that I get up and get dressed my mental state is better. I’m in a better mood, I’m more energetic, I’m more productive.
I feel less grubby
It feels good.
Even when severely depressed, I get up on time, brush my teeth and get dressed. It’s how I am not totally loose control and it made me feel somewhat connected with … the world .. with life. I truly believe that these little habits helped me to not lose myself.
As from a more mental healthier perspective, even if I have day/s off, I get dressed. Again I believe if I would not do that, it would be too easy for me to let go of everything. Another important point is – once at home and I know I don’t have anywhere to go anymore, I put on my … home pants ..? Just some sort of sweatpants and it’s relaxing. I think that helps too to feel more comfortable.
It’s a habit. But it makes me feel ready for the day
For me it’s the absolute bare minimum. I’ve been unemployed/underemployed for a long time now and keeping my self care routine in tact is number 1 to me. It’s hard to quantity the positive impact but the negative impact of not doing it was obvious to me. Not doing it is an express ticket to shame.
I actually get in a depressive mood when I don’t. Days where I have no reason to leave the house and I don’t put on makeup or clothes I will often always end up doing it just to feel better. It works every time and shifted my mood. I feel better about myself and I also often get more energy and want to go out and be social or end up doing a lot of house work. It hasn’t always been like this
but now I don’t go a day without doing my hair and makeup and og I do I almost always end up doing it through the day.
It makes me feel good and I’m more productive.
I don’t always put ‘real’ clothes on, but I find switching my glasses for my contact lenses instantly makes me feel more awake and ready to do stuff
I dislike the frowsy drowsy rumpled sleep odour of nightwear, so within an hour of being awake I change clothes. Getting dressed gives me a prepared livelier for the day energy and a clean feeling. I swap to fresh nightwear every 2 days.
The few times that I delay getting dressed I regret because I then had to snap out of the grogginess and rush to get ready to go out.
My French neighbour always looks chic and put together, mostly in brightly coloured skirts or dresses, accessories and almost always a silk scarf even when WFH. She retired years ago and is self-employed WFH.
I have to take a shower every morning otherwise I feel dirtier the entire day. And even if I don’t leave the house, I’ll put on some lipstick or tinted lip balm at least. It elevates my mood and I feel good about myself.
I work from home, and actually getting dressed in ‘proper’ clothes helps keep me more focused and feel more put-together.
I don’t go for anything fancy, though – just leggings or jeans and a sweater during the cold months and a cute dress or shorts and a top in the summer. On top of my usual morning routine (face wash, moisturiser, lip balm and clear mascara), it helps make sure that I don’t turn into a gremlin! 😆
No chores will get done in pajamas. If I change, stuff gets done. It’s the only reason I keep doing it, unless I’m sick.
Impacted my bank account…
When I WFM’d i didn’t do that and steadily felt less like a human being over the course of a month. It’s weird, it’s like my clothes are my person uniform and heal executive dysfunction
I get dressed. Everyone I know does. Early postpartum I wore gowns all day.
Only time I don’t get dressed is if I’m sick. Otherwise I always do. I find I’ve no energy if I’m in my pjs and bathrobe
I must be one of those women, because your question makes no sense to me. Doesn’t everyone get dressed everyday???
I do my hair and makeup every day, regardless of what I’m doing that day, and I would never hangout in my pajamas all day. I do wear comfortable lounge wear when I’m at home, but it’s never something I wouldn’t want to be seen in.
Added confidence
I have depression and try very hard to do this. I shower as soon as I get up and brush my teeth, I generally wear maxi dresses or jumpsuits so that I am “dressed” but comfy and easy to wear/style clothes.
I rarely put makeup on but lately I’ve been doing my eyebrows and putting on a little bit of mascara.
As a result the last few days I’ve gone on walks and popped to the shops – things I wouldn’t have done if I hadn’t got dressed that morning. It’s helped my depression a lot.
There were many days during Covid when I did not get dressed. I stayed in and ate too much.
Getting dressed helps me feel productive.
I work from home, and clothing choices are important! I like to work out in the morning (well, I don’t LIKE to, but I WANT to), so after I get up and brush my teeth and all that, I get into workout clothes, even if I don’t know yet what form my workout is going to take. It tells my brain and body that we’re going to work out. Then after I shower, I put on at least some kind of decent outfit, even if it’s not businessy; clean clothes that I wouldn’t be embarrassed to be seen in if a neighbor dropped by. If I have a client Zoom call, I put on makeup and jewelry. It’s made a huge difference from the times I used to lounge around all day in PJ bottoms and a t-shirt.
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I don’t do this but my BF does! I can tell he feels more like, enthusiastic and confident when he does too. I plan to do it more often tbh. I get pretty scrungey and slobby 🫣
What’s the alternative? Wearing pyjamas all day? I wouldn’t find that comfortable. At the very least I change into nicer house clothes that I don’t mind being seen in. Gotta look decent when I’m taking the trash out or checking the mail or getting a delivery or whatever.
I feel less uncomfortable when the neighbors look through the big windows. Even when it’s 90 degrees, I try to at least wear underwear and a sports bra.
I do more laundry 😭
It’s crazy how strangers online can be more relatable than people around you.
When I was younger I used to stay in pyjamas all day. Since I was about 27 I can’t stand it. It makes me feel like a slob and so I end up acting like a slob 😅. If I’m dressed I’m more likely to get stuff done. Also I can’t do the school run in my pyjamas. I’d die of embarrassment!
I don’t always do it but it helps me feel more confident and productive in a weird way. Like I started my day right – it’s as if I woke up and cleaned the place a bit, but it’s me not the place lol.
I can’t stand being in my pyjamas during the day. Getting dressed makes me feel fresh and helps differentiate day and night
I feel happy & confident in myself. I dress nice every day & wear eyeliner, even if staying at home.
Do you frame getting dressed as in getting out of pjs/sweats or getting like a coordinated outfit on?
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It has made a huge difference for me. I was languishing as a remote worker and just letting myself go. Recently, I decided to just stop my madness and start doing my hair, dressing up minimally, and the most important part… putting on lipstick. It’s like my daily armor. It makes a world of difference in how I move throughout the day, as well as my confidence, generally. Would recommend!
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