Put it on the list...: Lee

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Lee - 3.0

Since … (when was it?) … early 2010 when I’d had some good success with Atkins, I began ‘remaking’ my image a bit. Since then, I have continued to refine it a bit. Summer of 2012 finds me tweaking things again…

1. You’ve seen the new haircut & clean shaven look. I’m pleased. (See picture, above)

I like the low-maintenance aspect of the goatee and not shaving the rest; only trimming it down twice a week. However, too many people enjoyed pointing out all the grey.

The ‘new’ haircut is still the classic look I’ve had each summer, but with a touch more length on the sides & back so that I don’t look like I just re-enlisted. The ‘long’ cut I try to do each winter just hasn’t succeeded. (By the time it gets long enough to ‘style’, it’s time to remove it all) This current version pleases me, although in hot weather when I’m active, it still feels like it retains too much heat.

2. The clothes & ‘style’

I have maintained the classic monogrammed dress shirts & trousers, mainly worn during the cold weather months.

For summer, I have recently switched things up with some new khakis & polo style shirts. Khakis have been tough for me – too many at The Fat Boy Store are too … fragile. They don’t wear well, are constructed poorly, and they are just too damn expensive. I found that I could buy (online only) Dickies brand workpants in the classic khaki style – VERY durable, and just $25 / pair! On top of that, I found Carhartt brand polo shirts – again, they are VERY durable (stain resistant, too!), and were just $20 / each. I’m thrilled.

The main dress shoes continue to be the two pairs of Ecco lace-ups (one brown, one black). These have lasted AMAZINGLY well (the black pair from early 2010 still looks new with no perceptable wear). They also work best with the heel pads for my Plantar Fasciitis. (sigh) I’m not 100% happy with the slight new-funky-hip look to them, but as I said two years ago, they are a great compromise.

Accessories – I have thinned & revised the watch collection, added some GREAT new frames for the glasses (See picture, above), gotten shirts in “hip-new” colors (See picture, above), and in general – it’s going VERY well. I need to address the belt situation, and reading glasses for the bedroom, but these are minor issues.

Style Blogs – This may sound the most ‘metro’ of anything I’ve done so far – but reading these has helped me distill what I truly like & value.

3. Health & Fitness

This area has suffered the most. I’m very disappointed in myself, and this summer I’m attempting to re-commit.

I’m interested in purchasing a Health Monitoring System:

Body Media

http://www.bodymedia.com/

http://www.crankyfitness.com/2011/11/jillian-michaels-bodymedia-fit-armband.html

Leading contender

http://jawbone.com/up

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665491/the-jawbone-up-fails-but-teaches-3-golden-rules-for-experience-design

Only device which wakes you up according to sleep patterns

Not wireless