As soon as I made the decision to throw away all my socks and go to the shop and buy 14 pairs of the same grey socks, my life became infinitely less stressful.
Same except I prefer black socks, I started doing this 6 or 7 years ago and I never have to waste time pairing socks again. I get about 2 years wear out of them before they start getting holes in so I just throw them away and buy another 14 pairs