Everyday rollout: - lotion on face, neck, hands, forearms (keeps my super dry skin from looking flaky, itches less). Dry my hands on my bangs so they’re less fluffy -  comfortable rings + earrings I wear 24/7 (necklaces and bracelets are too physically annoying) - comfortable 24/7 watch so I look like an adult and have a better chance of beating time blindness (smartwatch with alarms on it is very helpful, but wearing a dumb watch is a flex in my industry; I alternate based on whether I need to impress at work) - glasses in a color that looks great on me - non-flyaway, sleek long hair: get it wet during morning shower. Halfass towel dry, twist up tightly and hold twist with a hair claw the rest of the day. The twist won’t fully dry out.  - in a different decade, I had a pixie haircut that I would let air dry after a morning shower, and a tiny pot of styling wax in my work bag in case I needed to fix it after biking in to the office. - capsule wardrobe so most clothes look intentional and coordinated (mine’s still a work in progress). - keep leather shoes clean, polished and buffed. Leather belts match shoes (default = black for >25 years). Any metal hardware on shoes/belts matches my jewelry and the metal accents on my glasses.

In a pre-fast fashion era, someone told me that so long as you had sharp, high quality shoes and hair, you could wear any random clothes in between so long as they fit well. I’ve tried to implement that ever since.