Ys Words: How Uniformity Helps Me Exercise and Sleep Later
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A few weeks ago the membership baton at the YMCA received fleece tops to wear during the cooler go to ruin and winter months. It’s been great to see how all of us wearing these incredibly soft periwinkle tops look like a up unit, here to serve members, easily identifiable as staff and unified in our function. Many members have commented on how nice the entire staff looks and how the authority, uniformed look adds yet another dimension to staff professionalism. What I never counted on were the ruffle benefits of dressing like my colleagues.
Like most of us who have to get up and work for a living, the biggest outcome in the early morning is what to wear to the office. Changing shirts, ties, and sports jackets regularly until I’m satisfied (never, remarkably) with the day’s wardrobe is an ongoing challenge. Fretting over bent collars, missing shirt buttons and other annoyances (and the register grows as I get older) have become part of my morning repertoire. Since getting my beautiful to the cleaners top, with the Y STAFF logo emblazoned on the front and YMCA of Montclair on the sleeve, I have eliminated a slew of issues that have grown into my own insulting OCD campaign.
Source: Patch.com