Proceed with caution: Ricky writes about fashion!
Lately I’ve noticed that I tend to dress differently for work depending on what I’ve got on my agenda for the day. Knowing that I’ve got something particular to do on a particular day is an improvement on the past for a start, and I put this partly down to GTD. Anyway, I seem to dress very casually (sometimes shorts and sandals) when I’ve got coding to do, colourfully when there’s an internal meeting to attend (e.g., a brainstorming session) or when I’ve got artsy/communications type stuff to do, and a bit more formally when I’ve got meetings with external parties. Dressing in a particular way seems to help me to get into the right frame of mind for the task at hand. This is a change from university days when shorts and sandals were the norm.
Today I’m wearing my stripy purple shirt with the sleeves rolled up and Hard Yakka drill trousers: a compromise given I started the day with a staff meeting and finished it in the coding trenches.
6 replies on “Dressing for work”
I really need to do some ironing, don’t I?
Hey, my shirt is ironed, thank you very much! They’re just 5pm creases that you can see!
Make him do his own ironing ;)
Also, Ricky, roll those sleeves once more so they’re over your elbows. Not only is it more comfortable, but I think it looks better, too. :)
Must have been an interesting staff meeting.
Hey Ben, he did do his own ironing – hence the “5pm” creases. ;)
Nah, I’ve always been a below the elbows type. I like the 3/4 length look. Imagine that: two blokes having an argument about fashion. How times have changed. :-)