How to Look and Feel Great Every Day: Tips for Finding Your Style by Cheryl Conklin of Wellness Central
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Your clothing and accessories, like your health and fitness, can play a significant role in how you feel during the day. It’s much easier to feel happy and confident when your clothing fits well, feels comfortable, and looks good. If you want to feel your best every day, start by evaluating your style! Does your style align with your ideal self? If not, it’s time to make some changes. The Mind According to Kenneth explores a few steps you can take to find styles that make you feel great in your own skin!
Experiment with New Looks
What you wear can have a profound impact on your confidence. Your clothing can even change how you think! Professional styles can put you in the right frame of mind to work. Gym clothes can give you the motivation to grind through a tough workout. Cheerful colors can boost your mood. Whatever you're doing, styles that reflect the real you can help you feel self-assured and comfortable in your own skin.
If your current look isn’t doing this for you, consider trying out some new styles. Put together a new wardrobe that includes clothing for a variety of different activities, from lounging at home to hitting the gym. Don’t forget to pick up some new clothing for work as well! When you dress professionally, you’ll have an easier time focusing, maintaining good posture, and commanding power in professional environments.
Don’t Be Afraid to Accessorize
Did you know that accessories can make you feel more confident? You can use accessories to showcase your culture, belief system, values, mood, personality, and more. Showing pride in who you are is a great way to build your self-esteem. You can also use accessories to highlight the features you love most about yourself.
Choose Comfortable Fabrics
How your clothing feels against your skin can also affect how you feel. Clothing that’s restrictive, scratchy, or unbreathable can create discomfort and even harm your health. For example, HuffPost explains that constricting clothing can compress your nerves and harbor bacteria. Chemicals in certain fabrics can irritate your skin and might even interfere with your hormones. Invest in comfortable clothing like leggings, pajamas, and an attractive nightgown.
Feel Free to Break the Rules
As you’re putting together your new outfits, don’t be afraid to break some fashion rules. Build a personal style that makes you feel beautiful instead of holding onto any ideas about how you “should” be dressing. Wear white after Labor Day, have fun with mixed prints, experiment with socks and sandals—do whatever you want! If an outfit makes you feel great, don’t let anyone tell you that you should be dressing differently.
Get the Right Fit
The fit of your clothing is the single most important aspect of your style. No one likes having to readjust their clothing every time they move to prevent the fabric from gaping, slipping, twisting, and bunching in unflattering ways. It’s no surprise that ill-fitting clothing can seriously hurt your confidence. To ensure your clothes fit well, take your time in the fitting room when you’re trying things on. Trust your intuition over the comments of the salespeople in the store. Avoid buying clothing that almost fits. Save you money on these items and spend a little more on those ideal pieces that fit perfectly.
Don’t Forget to Prioritize Health
Feeling happy and confident goes way beyond the clothes you wear. For starters, it’s important to eat a balanced diet. This means eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and limiting your intake of fats, sugars, and processed foods. Second, it is important to get regular exercise. This doesn’t mean that you need to join a gym or start training for a triathlon; simply moving your body for 30 minutes each day can make a big difference whether you’re getting off a stop early to walk to work or using the stairs instead of the elevator. Finally, it is important to pay attention to your mental health. Stress and anxiety can have a negative impact on your physical health, so it is important to find ways to manage stress in your life. You can start by creating a healthier home by decluttering, adding mood-boosting plants, and creating a space to relax and unwind.
What you wear says a lot about who you are. Make sure your clothing is sending the right message to yourself and others! When you feel like your clothing perfectly conveys your ideal sense of self and you couple that with healthy and stress-free living, you’ll feel more confident and comfortable in all aspects of life.