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in an appartment these days), adopt a homeless animal, start a "donate your car to a local NPR station and buy a hybrid" campaign among your friends and relatives - possibilities are endless. (2) One man's trash is not always another man's treasure - sometimes it's just trash. Recognize it and let it go.

3. "Why make the effort?" (slob)

The look: missing buttons, torn pant hems, never-cleaned dry cleaning; everything wrinkled and thrown together at the last moment (because he can never find what to wear - everything is permanently in the laundry). Colors faded, whites are never white, because everything gets washed together in one big load once a month.

Why: If he doesn't try to dress nice or generally make himself attractive to people, he can't fail. Tries to convince himself that people who might be attracted to his appearance (had he made an effort), are not worth meeting anyway because they are superficial.

The remedy: Admit to yourself that looks matter. If you know the meaning of words "ugly" and "beautiful" you already know it's true. If you are looking at two identical cars, but one with a nice paint job and one with a crappy one, you would be drawn to the one with nice paint job. So, why expect people to be drawn to you if you look like crap (regardless of your brilliant mind and heart of gold)?

To avoid ironing clothes, buy wrinkle-reducing fabric softener, take clothes out of the drier right away and hang or fold them immediately - this will get rid of 90% of the wrinkles. If clothes need repair, repair them (or have someone do it for you - any dry cleaning place usually offers alterations and can attach your missing buttons and falling pant hems), replace them or retire them.

Pick clothes that fit, update them every once in a while. If you keep wearing a t-shirt that's been your favorite for the last 5 years, it's time for a new favorite. Get a good haircut and buy a beard trimmer if you don't like to shave. Invest in clothes that are low maintenance (stain repellent, wrinkle-resistant, washable, etc.), but remember that even the lowest maintenance clothes still need to be washed. Learn to separate your laundry at least into whites, light colors and dark colors - your clothes will look a lot better longer.

Life tips: Get some exercise. You'll be in better shape and you'll be more motivated to dress your body well, when it no longer looks like the Michelin man.

4. Loud and proud

The look: either really, really, really loud color clothes in the same colors

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