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Early 1910s Hairstyles

1913 Evening dress of Vera Karakhan by House of Paul Poiret

velvet, tulle, silver lace, galloon, silk and metallic threads, polychrome bugles, beads, imitation pearls, silk flowers

Evening dress

c. 1909-1910

maker: Madame Hayward

Evening Dress

House of Worth (Paris, France)

c.1910

Pink taffeta dress

c. 1915-1916

made by Madame Rose H. Boyd

Evening Dress

c. 1916

made by Daverkosen’s master tailor Børre-Lorenzen for his daughters wedding

If you know what you'd have to do to solve a problem, but you just don't want to do it, your main problem isn't the problem itself. Your problem is figuring out how to get yourself to do the solution.

If your problem is not eating enough vegetables, the problem you should be solving is "how do I make vegetables stop being yucky". If your problem is not getting enough exercise, the problem you should be solving is "how do I make exercise stop sucking ass". You're not supposed to just be doing things that are awful and suck all the time forever, you're supposed to figure out how to make it stop being so awful all the time.

I used to hate wearing sunscreen because it's sticky and slimy and disgusting and it feels bad and it smells bad, so I neglected to wear it even if I needed to. Then I found one that isn't like that, and doesn't smell and feel gross. Problem solved.

introduction:

hey loves! one of my biggest pet peaves is messiness. i hate rooms that are out of order, houses that are a mess. it's just not a good look. additionally, it's been proven that having a messy external world can affect your mental health. since organiztion is such a struggle- what habits can help us stay clean?

daily habits:

keep clothes off the floor. never leave clothes on the floor! either put them in your dresser/closet or in the laundry room.

clean up after yourself. lets say you're sketching and you've got all your materials out. when you're done- put them back!

tidy up at night. i like to just clean up before bed because it's pretty relaxing, and when you clean your room consistently then it eliminates the need to do giant cleans once a month, you just spend a few minutes everyday instead.

keep to do lists. this isn't really external orgaization, more of a mental thing, but keep a to-do list and a calendar so you stay organized in life and have everything in order :)

weekly habits:

organize your backpack. get out old paper, put things where they need to go, just create a space that's easy to find what you need.

wash your sheets. you can do this every two weeks. but please no longer that that. our sheets hold dirt, dust, dead skin and we all should sleep in clean beds.

change out your towel every week or so. you can also do this every 3 days or so, just please don't keep the same towel for too long.

dedicate a morning to cleaning. on the weekends i like to spend one day where i just tidy up during the morning- dusting, rearranging stuff, playing music in the background, it's very relaxing :)

conclusion:

a clean living environment is not only pleasing to the eye, but it's been proven to help with mental clarity, and in geeral is a good habit to have. if you want to build discipline, having an organized external environment is a great first step :)