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"FacebookPinterestThumbnail image for Matt Walsh.jpg \n\nBeing in your 20\u2019s can be a difficult time, it\u2019s basically when you make the mistakes that lead to you figuring out what your life is about. Oh and you\u2019re usually broke. Here\u2019s a few tips I learned while raging through my 20\u2019s and early 30\u2019s that might help survive this traumatic period of your life. (Tip one, tip two)\n\nTIP 3\n\n Don\u2019t put that dirty shirt in the hamper.\n\n Upon my own admission, I am a very messy eater and drinker. At my wedding my friends gifted me with an elaborate helmet affid with many sponges on it. It was for my two year old son Jude (Yes I had a Hollywood marriage-baby first, wedding second) He was to wear this at all times so I wouldn\u2019t injure him with spilled coffee. Nowadays if I spill something on my clothes I will go and change them. But as a broke bachelor in my20\u2019s, I discovered something that changed my life in a radical way.\n\nFor every dirty shirt there is a clean one on the other side of it. By simply turning these stained shirts inside out, I could wear them for the rest of the day after a spill incident. This mostly worked on t-shirts and sweaters of darker fabrics, never pants, sport coats or, of course, shoes. What started as a band-aid to avoid an embarrassing situation turned into a life style choice.\n\nWhat I discovered when I turned my wardrobe inside out is that the logos on the clothes disappeared. I liked not having to advertise for Converse, Polo, or Izod. Afterall, aren\u2019t labels prisons that give people a way to pigeon hole you? And haven\u2019t we all had the moment sometime in our life when we see a piece of clothing we really like but are turned off by the size of the logo or the motto printed on it? Throughout my life I\u2019ve received many free shirts or sweatshirts because I had participated in some event or happened upon some marketing promotion. So if I got a free cotton t-shirt but it had &amp;quot;No Fear&amp;quot; written on it (I in fact have loads of fears), I could now make lemonade out of this lemon. I\u2019d turn it inside out, bury their message, and live my life honestly. Simply put, my revolution was to wear their clothes, but not shill for them. This is how you should be living as a young man.\n\nThis trick also allows you to buy clothes that you like regardless of what\u2019s written on them. Even if you find a shirt you like the cut of but can\u2019t stand the obnoxious pattern on it, this problem is not insurmountable. Here\u2019s what you do. Once home with your new wardrobe, tear off the designer tags and wash/wear instructions. Use scissors if you want a clean removal. Now turn the clothes inside out, put them on, and voila, you\u2019ve designed your own line of clothing. Removing the tags is important because it makes it seem that what you\u2019re wearing was in fact the designers intention. Another plus to wearing clothes inside out is that it reveals the wonderful, elaborate stitching that goes into making clothes. When you turn something inside out the seams show, providing texture and pattern to an otherwise blank palette.\n\nThe final advantage to all this reversing is that it is a bit punk rock. You see, it\u2019s very non-conformist to repurpose what some fashion designer is telling you is cool. Being a rebel in your 20\u2019s is important and this is one way to achieve rebel status. To take a designer\u2019s trendy idea and bury it is like Sid Vicious covering &amp;quot;My Way.&amp;quot; With inside out living, your message is what\u2019s important, not your polished ecution. The rawness of inside-out living gives you a feeling that you\u2019re not settling for what everyone else settles for.\n\nAs I sit in a coffee house in Studio City, deep in California\u2019s San Fernando Valley, and reminisce about my 20\u2019s, I realize that I haven\u2019t reversed a piece of clothing for a long while. And so I took off my long sleeve A\u00E9ropostale thermal, (which covered my Washington Generals green t-shirt). I turned it inside out, tore off the tags and put it back on. I\u2019ve also fooled myself into thinking that I\u2019m a rebel and I\u2019m young again. After getting my leftover lunch wrapped up I headed on home to spend some time with my dog, along with my wife and two children.\n\n(Matt Walsh is a comedy genius. He cofounded the ridiculously influential Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and has appeared in countless movies, from Old School to Role Models to Semi-Pro. His new show Players pairs him with fellow UCB founder Ian Roberts and premiered on the Spike Network on March 2.)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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