Ever since I started using apps to inventory my clothes and log my outfits, I am honing in on my own unique style. I was very attracted to the idea of a "capsule wardrobe" and had fun trying to recreate some of the outfits I found in capsule wardrobes. I like minimalism, and tried to create my own capsule without buying a lot of new things. At first when I tried to whittle down my wardrobe into a capsule for one season, I felt I had a bit of a hodgepodge. That was winter 2023. By winter 2024, I had three "collections" that each worked together. My style was becoming more cohesive, but I found that I had too much and didn't fully utilize what I had.

I started using the Indyx wardrobe app in November 2024 and it has been a total game changer! You can create collections, or capsules, within your wardrobe to organize your clothes and come up with outfits. There are a lot of fun statistics, too, like cost per wear (this has become a challenge for me, because like my fiancé says, the cost per wear for most articles of clothing should be pennies.)

It's getting warmer here in Cincinnati and I am planning my summer capsule wardrobe for workwear. I thought it would be fun to think about how many pieces of clothing are optimal. Obviously, this number will be different for different people, and of course it can change. But I think numbers are fun!

Step 1: Determine the different activities you wear clothes for. For me, I work in an office Monday through Friday, so that it was I am focusing on first. I also do errands, go out for dinner or brunch, lounge around the house, go biking, hiking, running, and play tennis (tennis clothes are just the cutest). So if I was looking for a total number of clothes in my wardrobe, I would look at all those different categories.

Step 2: If you live in a place with seasons, when you change the types of clothes you wear, estimate the number of days in each season. For example, the way I dress in Cincinnati weather I would estimate:

Summer - 4 months
Fall - 2 months
Winter - 2 1/2 months
Spring - 3 1/2 months

Step 3: Calculate how many days (or outfits) you think you will wear for a particular category in a particular season. For example, summer has 4 months, or about 120 days. I usually spend 70% of my days at work, so there are about 84 work outfits I will wear during the summer.

Step 4: Break down the types of clothes you like to wear in that season. Focusing on one pieces and bottoms first, for summer work outfits, I like to wear 40% dresses, 40% trousers, and 20% jeans. Then calculate your number of tops you will need (40%+20%=60%).

Step 5: Now you will come up with the total number of "wears" for your one-pieces, bottoms, and tops:

84*40% dresses = 33 days or wears
84*40% trousers = 33 days or wears
84*20% jeans = 16 days or wears
84*60% tops = 50 days or wears

Step 6: Next think about frequency of wear for each category of clothes. Since I'm trying to decrease my cost per wear, I have a goal of wearing each top, bottom, and one piece at least 5 times in a season. With that in mind, I would need 6 or less dresses (33/5); 6 or less trousers (33/5); 3 pairs of jeans (16/5) and 10 or less tops (50/5).

I took inventory of what is feeling like a summer work collection, shown in the photo below, and I think I may be close to having what I need, which is less than the calculated numbers. Blazers/outerwear, shoes, and accessories can be added to pull outfits together, and to change up the same pieces.

It is worth noting that I followed the "Style Workshop" series available through the Indyx app, and it helped me refine my vision for my style, as well as select a color theme. I also found the season color analysis to be helpful to see what colors look best on me. True autumn here! To my surprise, less really is more.

What does a New Wave band and a physicist have in common? Telecommunication.

Hal Puthoff was on the Joe Rogan Experience yesterday, and I found myself mesmerized. This guy is legit - he is super smart and well-spoken. He is definitely a scientist. He studied electrical engineering and physics at Stanford as part of PhD studies, worked for Naval Intelligence, the CIA, and was part of a think tank. I get the feeling that he is part of a wave of people involved in secretive yet important projects who are getting older and feeling an obligation to talk about what they have seen and done.

He was drawn into "weird physics" not by his choice, but by chance. He went on to work extensively with remote viewing, including working on tapping into ESP for espionage at the CIA. In remote viewing, and individual can tap into an image anywhere on Earth simply by coordinates, or even another planet. In one experiment, a viewer could see a "ring" around Jupiter which was later confirmed to be accurate.

Puthoff discusses the infamous 1947 Roswell crash, stating that it was a non-human intelligence craft. A piece of debris thought to be from the Roswell crash was analyzed. Although no proof could be found that it comes from out of our solar system (by identifying different isotopes), the material is nothing that could be constructed (consisting of something to the effect of layers of magnesium and bismuth the size of a human hair).

He stated that the U.S. is in possession of more than ten crashes of non human intelligence craft and that there are more in other countries. UFOs have come over our missile silos and turned off all of our missiles. In Russia, "they" started the launch sequence (and then turned it off).

Puthoff believes that the "Travis Walton story" is solid. Rogan described this story: a group of loggers were driving through Arizona; Travis was hit by a beam from a craft and disappears; 5 days later Travis reappears in the same clothes with a fantastic story that "they" fixed his body and brought him back. The other loggers confirmed the story.

I thought it was cute that they discussed the common question, if your people have ESP, then why aren't you rich? He did an experiment with silver futures and made $260,000 in 30 days, however, he said it was an intense job to do. To me, this not only gets at the mechanics of consciousness, but the meaning of life. While I am all for prosperity and abundance, I think it is very telling that so many people still believe that being rich is the end all be all. 

He touches on confirmed cases of levitation, which may be cases of consciousness accessing vacuum energy. He mentions current thinking that quantum processes occur in the brain, and that the brain can detect quantum signals.

Puthoff wraps up by summarizing attempts for passing the UAP Disclosure Act and hinting that UFO Files are coming out... We will see. 

1. I am a big fan of journals, calendars, and planners, and The Minimalist-ish Journal is my new favorite! The key theme of the journal is to be mindful of your purchases, and to enjoy what you have. I started using the journal in March and I am loving it. There is a space for a monthly calendar each month, then two pages for each week. Every month has a challenge - like to declutter items from your closet, and to create looks from a mood board. I have been using it to track when bills are due/paid as well as make notes about my style and my wishlist items. It is fun to combine style and finance!!!
The Minimalist-ish Journal is available here.

2. One of life's small luxuries is to have nice office supplies. Post-it notes of all kinds are fun, but especially heart shaped ones (see pink heart post-it notes in the picture)! I wasn't sure if the irregular shape would bother me, but quite the contrary! They are what I reach for the most. Why not add a little love to everything you do.
Heart-shaped post-it notes available here.

3. A musical blast from the past. This fun yet dark song came out the year I graduated from High School. Somehow it still seems modern to me (with the exception of the jazzy break down in the middle that screams 90s.) The high school version of me loved being able to dance, despite the Persian Gulf War happening, which greatly disturbed me... Now we are past 911 and more, and well, Consolidated still makes it fun to dance, no matter what darkness may be lurking.