Shh! I wore PJs to Work Today

I have no solid research to back this up, but I’m going to say 96.5% of us have a wardrobe especially for “work” and another one for “home.” Are you one of the 96.5%? I know I am. I’ve had the professional attire separate from everything else. In fact, when I go out shopping with friends, we go to a store specifically for “work stuff.” I’m feeling like you’re the same?

Well, I actually have a confession to make. What I’m wearing to work is soooo comfy that it could be PJs! Technically, not really PJs, but I could fall asleep in them and wouldn’t be able to tell the difference! It is so nice to wear things like this and, best part of all, my colleagues give me compliments all day on my look!

If you’ve come across this when I first sent it, then we are saying bye-bye to summer and rolling into the fall. Of course, with the fall comes the holidays and all the planning, entertaining, traveling, gift-giving, gift-receiving, potlucks, corn-mazes, Harvest Fests, decking the halls, and trimming the turkey… the list goes on. If that gave you a little anxiety, my apologies. I listed all of those things because that’s what we typically heap onto our plates around this time of year. We all take on extra, whether that’s a little or a lot. We don’t need to be stuck in uncomfortable clothes all day, right?

I mean, on my secret-PJs-at-work days, I no longer come home and practically hurl my bag and keys at the floor to peel of my rough, itchy, unforgiving clothes in order to swap out to soft flannels and cotton blends. I wear my cuddly blends all day. It’s a real time saver!

Fun fact: According to a study conducted 

by Robert Rogers, Ph.D., and Stephen Monsell, D.Phil in the mid 1990s, 

“shifting between tasks can cost as much as 40 percent of someone's productive time.”*

Are you the type of person who has a master to-do-list and likes to divide and conquer when they get home? [Raising hand over here!] If you’re at all like that, or like me, all the little goofy things like changing your entire ensemble (which actually includes taking clothes off, putting them in the laundry, decisions on what to wear, selecting the new pieces, putting it all on, and picking up your keys and bag from its ultimate resting place on the floor where you hurled it upon entry) takes away quite a bit of time! It really throws off the flow, you know?

What if you could just walk in the door, place your bag and keys where they go, drape the scarf on the hook and turn a kettle on? How would that feel? You might feel like you can decompress, you might feel relief or clarity. Since you’ve already been itemizing your night, you can get straight to it, jammies on already. Or not… Maybe after tea and Netflix...

*Study review and article sourced from www.apa.org