Case File: WFH Decision Fatigue (ADHD)

Symptoms: decision fatigue.

Condition: morning outfit paralysis.

Risk factors: working from home, burnout history, sensory sensitivity, “I have clothes but none of them are right.”

Intake notes

You’re not “bad at style.”

You’re overloaded.

Your brain is trying to avoid one more decision that can go wrong.

Your closet is full.

But at 8:43am you only trust:

1. leggings
2. one safe hoodie
3. one safe shoe

You repeat it until you resent it.

Then you buy something “nice” and never wear it.

This is not a personal failure.

It’s a systems problem.

Diagnostic criteria (do you match?)

If most are true, you’re in the target profile:

1. You work from home (or hybrid) and dress for “no one, but still myself”
2. You own “real clothes” but they feel like a different life
3. You have sensory rules you ignore until the morning (waistbands, seams, scratch, heel height)
4. You can make decisions all day for work, then you can’t pick a shirt
5. You keep hoping motivation will return and fix it (it won’t)

Diagnosis

Decision fatigue.

Your attention is a finite resource.

Morning outfits are a tax.

The cure is not “more options.”

The cure is fewer decisions, pre-made.

Prescription: The 3‑Slot Uniform (10 minutes)

Goal: remove outfit choice as a daily negotiation.

You only need three slots:

1) Top

2) Bottom

3) Shoes

That’s it.

No accessories. No “vibe.” No reinvention.

Just a stable outfit machine.

Set a 10-minute timer.

Stop when it ends.

Step 1 — Pick your “safe baseline” (2 minutes)

Write the outfit you default to when you’re fried.

Example:

1. oversized black hoodie
2. black leggings
3. sneakers

This is not shameful.

This is your baseline.

Step 2 — Choose 3 tops (3 minutes)

Pick tops that are:

1. comfortable on your worst sensory day
2. acceptable on camera
3. not “special occasion only”

Rule: no new purchases.

Use what you already trust.

Step 3 — Choose 3 bottoms (3 minutes)

Pick bottoms that are:

1. zero waistband drama (or as close as possible)
2. easy to repeat
3. compatible with at least two tops
4. 
   

Step 4 — Choose 2 shoes (2 minutes)

Pick:

1. one “default shoe”
2. one “slightly upgraded but still safe” shoe

This stops the “I hate all my shoes” spiral.

Output: your outfit menu (no thinking required)

You now have a tiny menu.

Write these six combos somewhere you’ll actually see them:

1. Top A + Bottom A + Shoe 1
2. Top A + Bottom B + Shoe 1
3. Top B + Bottom A + Shoe 1
4. Top B + Bottom C + Shoe 2
5. Top C + Bottom B + Shoe 2
6. Top C + Bottom C + Shoe 1

This is enough.

You can expand later.

You’re not building a lifestyle brand. You’re getting dressed.

Side effects (expected)

1. fewer mornings lost to “I can’t”
2. less guilt about the closet
3. you start wearing your “nice” clothes again because the system carries them

If you want this done for you

Try ERIS.

Spin an outfit.

Hold what works.

Accept and go.