Can outfit planning help you stick to your goals?

So how are the two even related? Let’s all pretend to be me for the sake of this read.

One of my goals this year is to become more sociable. I don’t know whether it’s a pandemic knock-off effect, because I no longer have 5 flatmates or because I’ve found myself in a pretty stable relationship, but I have become extremely introverted. I’m talking about going from having at least 2 outings per week to being extremely content with not having to leave my house for the duration of a whole week or more. While the operative word here is that I am content, I realise that I don’t want to eventually find myself isolated from my friends and my support circle. I realise I need to be putting more effort into nurturing these relationships, even if they won’t hold it against me if I don’t.

So as someone who gets easily burnt out and physically tired in social situations, how do I even begin to crack this goal down? Something I know about myself is that I am at least 99x more excited to do something if I have a cute outfit planned. It has been the case since I was at school- good outfit days were always so much better than mid outfit days.

So this is where I can begin to address it:

One of the stepping stones to my goal is creating a going out Lookbook on my Whering app and continuously adding to it with outfits I’m excited to wear to different plans. It doesn’t have to be “going out-out” outfits, but I can assign them to different scenarios, and then plan to make those scenarios happen.

The same can be said for lots of different goals; going to the gym, going to classes, going on walks, getting more fresh air, etc.

While it won’t cure the problem or goal you’re trying to accomplish outright, it will definitely make you more willing or at least a little more excited to take the steps to accomplishing your goals.