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What habit do you possess that seems very normal to you, but would seem odd to anyone else?
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I wear the same clothes every day, as in the same style and color of shirt, pants, hoodie etc.. My wardrobe basically looks like that Simpsons gag where Homer's wardrobe is just 20 identical white shirts and blue pants.
I picked that up from a buddhist monk who stated that not having to expend any mental effort worrying about what to wear each day felt freeing, and he was totally right.
I stole that same philosophy regarding my hair, and just buzz it all off once a week. Never a bad hair day that way!
I do the same, but I have different colors. Like I have the same tshirt in 12 different colors. The same shorts in 5 different colors. The same shoes in 5 different colors. Etc etc. I usually just grab what's on the top, but occasionally have to grab the next thing if it's too mono-color.
Einstein did the same thing.
That being said, I have various clothes because of weather, and generally expend next to no thought on what I wear in as far as people are concerned. It all mostly goes together, so it's just grabbing whatever feels right in the moment with no wrong answers other than weather factor. I probably spend more time thinking about what I'll make for dinner, or how to word a single email to touchy snowflakes.
...that's not normal?..
...i've kept a wardrobe of identical clothing since the turn of the millenium; a coworker confessed that they had a pool as to whether i actually changed shirts, so they covertly marked a dot on the back of my sleeve and money changed hands when it was gone the next day...
When I worked in a (casual) office, I did the same. Grey polo shirt, black jeans, every day for about a decade. Now I work from home, freelance, and I wear whatever's clean with much the same result... I don't worry about it.
I kinda miss having to wear a uniform for work. Especially since it also gave me a clear transition from work mode to home mode. The next job I had left me with like a month of awkward confusion as to what to do immediately upon arriving home.
Did that for the first 19 years of my life until I realised, that I was trans and started to take Carr of my outward expression. While my old clothing style was boring, it was as simple as grabbing a new pair of clothes from my drawer each week and not having to worry about anything.