‘Trendy’ Means It Will Soon Be Out of Style

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

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🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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The Minimalists discuss the folly of mindlessly pursuing trends. Listen to full episodes of The Minimalists Private Podcast: patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0	Don't get busy keeping up with trends by what you like, but keep it simple and classy.
0:15.2	I think that's an important point because trendy simply means soon to be out of style.
0:22.4	And so if you're following a trend right now, you're following something that you'll
0:26.9	soon have to let go of.
0:28.8	However, if you keep it simple, you keep it timeless, then you don't have to worry about
0:34.7	what is trendy.
0:36.3	You don't have to worry about the logo.
0:38.2	You don't have to worry about the shoes that are in.
0:41.1	You don't have to worry about the shirt or the dress or the pants that are in style because
0:45.6	James Dean or Joan Didian, they would look stylish today.
0:51.9	You take a picture of them from whenever they were at their prime and they would be perfectly
0:58.8	stylish today because it's simple and it's classy and it's not trying to follow what
1:04.3	someone else has said is trendy.
1:06.8	It's funny how intellectually I know that trends will eventually wear out, but emotionally
1:13.8	it feels like they never end.
1:15.6	And LA, the tight sweatpants and tight sweat shirt, that was really popular when we first
1:22.8	moved here.
1:23.8	I think just look in the last year like I haven't seen it as much.
1:27.0	But I just remember thinking like, when is this freaking trend going to end?
1:31.3	What is up with, and maybe I'm just because I'm not cool enough to pull that off.
1:35.7	What's that?
1:36.7	Wait, you know what's timeless?
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