Gemma Spake

Bold, sleek, branded, cool.

colorful, maximalist, chaotic, athletic, simple, like whatever it is, find the connecting words, choose two of those words and then identify the word that would best describe your personality or how you want to be seen or how you see yourself.

So like dreamer, mystic, intellectual, adventurer, nurturer, entrepreneur, what word, if you could choose just one, just one word sits at like the center of your identity as your archetype.

Then you put it all together.

The effortless but bold entrepreneur.

The sleek, flowy mystic.

The smart, colorful intellectual.

The unassuming, accessorized creative.

This sounds so cliche.

It sounds so silly, I know, but you have no idea how helpful this is mentally, how much of an identity shortcut this has been for me in realizing my personal style, especially in a trend heavy society.

If I find myself wanting to buy something, especially an impulse purchase, especially if it's a micro trend, I go back to my archetype.

And I basically ask, is this something like a smart, playful scholar would wear?

That's my archetype, by the way.

That feels very private to share, but smart, playful scholar.

That's how I make all my clothing choices.

And it really, really helps.

If it doesn't match that, and if that's how I want to be seen, and obviously you could have a couple if you want, but...

I'm not going to wear it.

Like I'm not going to wear something that like a maximalist entrepreneur would wear because I'm not a maximalist entrepreneur.

I'm not going to wear something that like a bold, I don't know, what's some of the words, like a, I was going to say simple scientist, but that's kind of rude.