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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to dress for the joy you want.

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Speaker 1: Clothes might be functional, but they can also make us smile,

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Speaker 1: and who wouldn't want a little bit more levity in life.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip comes from Ingrid Feer, a Lee who blogs

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Speaker 1: at esthetics of joy dot com and who wrote the

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Speaker 1: book Joyful, The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to create

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Speaker 1: Extraordinary Happiness. She was also a guest on my other podcast,

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Speaker 1: Best of Both Worlds. Ingrid cites the common advice to

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Speaker 1: dress for the job you want, not the job you have.

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Speaker 1: She revises this advice to dress for the joy you want.

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Speaker 1: She points out that when you dress for joy, you

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Speaker 1: are likely to boost your own mood and the moods

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Speaker 1: of people you encounter. Bright colors and patterns, to say

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Speaker 1: nothing of things that are a little unexpected, can all

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Speaker 1: add joy and cheer. You could probably conjure up images

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Speaker 1: of friends and colleagues who favored delightful attire and whose

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Speaker 1: looks make you smile. And yes, maybe you are more

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Speaker 1: of a neutral sort. I know I am. I'm wearing

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Speaker 1: jeans and a navy shirt right now, which is just

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Speaker 1: very slightly different from the black shirt I wore with

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Speaker 1: my jeans yesterday. But it is possible to take baby steps,

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Speaker 1: and often it's very fun to do so. One of

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Speaker 1: the best options Ingrid suggests is to go for one

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Speaker 1: particular bright color as a starting point. Another Best of

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Speaker 1: Both Worlds guest stylist, Lonnie Inlander, called this your power color.

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Speaker 1: My us is that you already know what your special

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Speaker 1: color is. Do people always compliment you when you are

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Speaker 1: wearing a certain item, It is as likely to be

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Speaker 1: the color as anything else. I gravitate towards bright blues.

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Speaker 1: I've realized that's because I have blue eyes, and it

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Speaker 1: is a very easy way to call attention to them.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you get a lot of compliments for a jewel

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Speaker 1: tone green, or when you wear a certain red scarf.

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Speaker 1: Try stocking up on another piece or two in this

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Speaker 1: power color and watch yourself gravitate toward it in your

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Speaker 1: closet more and more. Another option is to swap in

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Speaker 1: a color for what you'd normally purchase in a neutral.

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Speaker 1: Getting a rain jacket, go for red or blue instead

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Speaker 1: of tan. An umbrella can be bright and patterned. Why not.

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Speaker 1: Everyone needs a splash of brightness on rainy days. If

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Speaker 1: you norm do wear a lot of neutrals, then you

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Speaker 1: could wear bright shoes at least for women or men

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Speaker 1: in more creative or fashionable lines of work. Same goes

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Speaker 1: for purses, laptop bags, or backpacks. And everyone can dress

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Speaker 1: as they'd like on their days off, so feel free

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Speaker 1: to go for colorful or funky athletic wear or T

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Speaker 1: shirts to wear with your jeans. Maybe even a fun

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Speaker 1: shaped pair of sunglasses will make you smile when you

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Speaker 1: see them in the mirror. If your usual palette is neutrals,

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Speaker 1: it might feel a little scary to experiment with joyful

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Speaker 1: attire at first, but over time, my bet is that

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Speaker 1: dressing for joy will boost your confidence as well as

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Speaker 1: your mood. When your attire is energizing, upbeat and bold,

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Speaker 1: you feel that way too. So personally, I am aiming

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Speaker 1: to add more bright blue to my wardrobe. Ingrid points

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Speaker 1: out that the filter by color feature on some websites

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Speaker 1: could help. When you are online shopping, start with something

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Speaker 1: relatively inexpensive and see how it makes you feel. Next thing,

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Speaker 1: you know, you will be the person in the bright

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Speaker 1: red raincoat and it will be fabulous if you try

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Speaker 1: dressing for the joy you want. I'd love to hear

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Speaker 1: about it. I welcome notes about other ways you bring

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Speaker 1: joy to your daily life too. You can reach me

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Speaker 1: at Laura at Laura Vanderkam dot com. In the meantime,

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Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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