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Dress To Impress or Comfortable Attire?
Why must our clothing dictate who we are? Why must we constantly dress to impress. Growing up I was taught that we had to get a good job which basically entailed wearing a suit and tie. I don’t believe that one must wear a suit and tie to become successful, your attire doesn’t dictate your work, its your skills that do.
I understand that one must present themselves properly to avoid looking like a total mess. I also understand that dressing the part might help one feel the part but is it necessary?
Growing into the person that I am today, I realized that I didn’t want to wear a suit, that isn’t who I am. I slowly began realizing that the notion that only those who wear suits and ties to work are successful is a common misconception. If anything, it took away from who I was. There is nothing worse than trying to act like someone you’re not at work. Doing this will only make one become uncomfortable and essentially blocking them from reaching their true creativity. The work environment should be a comfort zone for everyone.
What is Pleasure?
In order to really understand this, we need to dig down and really find the roots of where our pleasure derives from. I believe that there are two different pleasures in life, long term pleasure and short term pleasure. We’ve all heard the saying, “the best things in life are free”, that’s because they are the most pleasurable. Self exploration, and love would be two great examples of long-term pleasure. It’s pleasure that doesn’t necessarily cost you anything, it lasts a long time and it makes you feel good about yourself.
Short term pleasure, however, has a much shorter duration and lies primarily within materialistic goods. They ultimately make less of an impact on our lives and often result in competition. Phones, Clothing and Food would be great examples of these pleasures. I strongly believe that over time, people tend to focus less on long-term pleasures and find excitement in Short-term pleasures.
Greed plays a big role, subconsciously for the most part, and is taught to us at a young age. We’re taught, through a variety of outlets, that greed is good and exciting. What kind of effect does this have on us? We are never satisfied, and unless we open our eyes, we never will be. Most of us will never be happy because we’re taught to constantly look for something better, something exclusive, something newer. Does that necessarily mean, for example, that your new phone has more functionality than your older model phone? No! Then why upgrade? Because we feel the need to keep up or get left behind!
The article below is a great example. People find more pleasure in top shelf liquor over premium. Why? Because its expensive and exclusive! We need to open our eyes and realize that if we were less (emphasis on less) materialistic in life we would achieve higher levels of happiness.
