I live currently in a shelter run by an very austere order. As someone who does not want religion for herself I have some unusual thoughts to air. These are my thoughts. They are not either written in gold nor your thoughts. These are thoughts that are mine. Here goes: I will fly some stuff to you about my life with devote people. This concerns clothing attire and the idea of getting rid of any kind of work (at all) with your attire.
As far as I can see there are two ways people handle it. They forget about any clothes whatsoever and just wear a uniform like a nun. Nuns wear their uniforms and those who don't have the right to wear the uniform wear just a few clothes without changing them too much. I am not a fan of this habit. I thought that woman wearing the same clothes for the whole week is not appropriate social behavior. But I live with many (if not most of the people) who believe the contrary. Its all in the name of being austere. Another way to be austere is to wear anything that vaguely fits. So, mismatches Christian clothing is de rigor. For example, you wear a skirt, socks sneakers and t-shirt that said ' I have visited St. Joseph's Oratory'. Or you just wear stuff that obviously is old. It doesn't have to match just as long as it looks conservative. And you wear this as long as you can.
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