Ask HN: Do you believe that what you wear impacts your life?

2 points·maringerov··8 comments

The age old question. Curious if people here subscribe to the idea that what you wear makes a difference in how you approach life/work/etc.

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Yes and no.

For me it's more the ritual of wearing the appropriate costume: it provides time to enter the role, just like acting.

Going to job-job? Put on job-job costume, mentally rehearse that character. Going to makerspace? Put on work clothes. Going to a Spartan Race? Put on the "ERMAGERD I ATHLETIC" gear.

For me it's less about the actual clothes and more about the mental reset. That said, peoples' reaction to appearance does subtly influence mood, attitude, etc.

I totally agree, Dave! Do you even sometimes hear music in your head when you are going down the road to an activity/event? I do sometimes :)

I hear music all the time :/

An experiment worth trying:

Obtain a lab coat and a bathrobe, and work on the same codebase in both outfits. See how/if code quality changes between the two.

Gonna try that tonight (bathrobe edition :)

Sure. Its currently 6 degrees F here in Iowa. So I'd die without special clothing when I go out.

Layers are the key!

At those temperatures, its all about the high-tech outer layer. Has to keep all air, even the smallest breeze, from any part of the body that you don't want frozen in 90 seconds.

Keeping comfortable is a small part of the issue.

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