The Outfit Repeater

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There’s a certain peace that comes with giving up on your wardrobe.

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I realised this the morning I wore the same navy shirt for the third day in a row.

Not because I loved it but because my brain was done negotiating with buttons and collars.

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Einstein did it. Jobs did it. Auditors? We’re just practical minimalists with a caffeine problem.

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But that morning, standing there, coffee in hand, I felt this wave of liberation.

No decisions. No drama. Just… consistency.

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People underestimate the power of sameness.

The time we waste picking fonts, filters, or pastel-green headers? Criminal.

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We romanticise “creative chaos,” but deep down, we crave templates.

The comfort of something that just works.

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Like that one clean, crisp format in Excel you finally get right. Then immediately forget how you did it.

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The font, the border thickness, the perfect grey fill…gone. Lost in the abyss of Ctrl + Z and regret.

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Here’s where it hit me.

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Maybe sameness isn’t boring.

Maybe sameness is control disguised as calm.

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And maybe the real reason I keep repeating that navy shirt is the same reason I keep rebuilding the same formatting from scratch.

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I’m not chasing perfection.

I’m chasing memory.

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In audit, we call it “consistency.”

In life, we call it “sanity.”

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You don’t actually want a hundred new styles, you just want one that behaves every time.

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That’s why The Audit Toolbar built something tiny but life-changing:‍

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Quick Formatting.

Think of it as Excel’s version of your favourite outfit, except it never gets lost in the wash.

Save up to six of your go-to cell styles (F1–F6).

Apply them instantly, anytime. Even after you’ve restarted your laptop, reinstalled Windows, or re-evaluated your life choices.

Select. Save. Apply. Done.

Every sheet dressed sharp, zero fuss.

Auditors don’t hate repetition.

We just hate re-creating it.

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The magic isn’t in variety, it’s in memory.

In having the things you always need, exactly where you left them.

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Because order isn’t the enemy of creativity, it’s the stage it performs on.

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And if you can make Excel remember your style, maybe you can finally stop remembering every little thing yourself.

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So yes, I’m an outfit repeater.

A formatting repeater.

A proud creature of comforting sameness.

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Because when everything around you is deadlines, audits, and shifting numbers,
consistency isn’t dull, it’s divine.

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Now if only life had a Quick Format button too.

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Until next time,
Christiaan

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