Why I Try Not to Sleep in Workout Clothes and the Importance of Pajamas
A while back, my favorite author/teaching Pastor, Shauna Niequist wrote about pajamas, in her fabulous book “Present over Perfect”. She wrote about a time that she was working on learning to take better care of herself. She wrote that one of the first things she was told to STOP doing was sleeping in workout clothes — you know, t-shirts, sweatpants, yoga pants etc.
Why do women try to relax and sleep in clothes that make them think of being active?
Shauna was told to go out and buy REAL pajamas. Nice ones.
She did. And she goes on to describe how different it feels when you are getting ready for bed in real pajamas. I read this, and tucked it away in my mind for later reference.
A few years ago, The Captain and I were preparing for our first visit back to the island of St. John in 13 years….Before we went on our vacation, I was in Kohl’s looking for a small size vacation wallet and I absent mindedly wandered into the pajama section.
I realized, it had been YEARS since I bought actual pajamas.
