#2 Are we infatuated by trends? Yes!

Sunday has arrived, and I am painfully hungover. This seems to be how most of my Sunday's go <apart from last weekend, she was a one off, it was nice whilst it lasted>, I wake up, I drink as much water as I can handle and stare in to nothingness. I'll eventually snap out of it and the elusive four words, with extra emphasis on the third, will leave my mouth, "I am SO hungover!", It's important that I utter those four words, to remind myself that how I am feeling is indeed a hangover and not in-fact a heart attack. But hey, welcome back to another entry of Season 1 here at Not Pink, I'd like to cordially invite you to read and laugh with me for a little bit before Monday starts again tomorrow.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Not Pink.

Sunday 7th August, 2022

Mike celebrated his birthday this week, and you'll soon find out about this more as these entries continue, but I love a celebration, a birthday, a present giving extravaganza and a day full of love and laughter. It's the warmest I feel when I am doing exactly that, and I am yet to compare this very feeling.

I'd rate my week a solid 9.2/10, the weather could have been a little more consistent, but maybe that's asking a little too much from the Scottish weather. I am so that girl whose mood is entirely dependant on the weather, bad weather = bad mood, meh weather = meh mood, good weather = fantastic mod, you get the jist, how has your week been ?.

And so, at this very point, I ask you to mentally tick off the three rules belonging to Not Pink. Pyjamas are they on or are you sat in jeans ?, don't annoy me with that answer, have you taken some time this evening to apply some skincare?, it's a yes or no answer, no ifs or buts. Finally, sheets? .... have you been bothered to change them?, I sure hope so. If you are looking for that ultimate Not Pink experience, you'll need to have completed at least one of these steps before we continue, I'm sorry I just can't possibly feel okay with you reading this in jeans and feeling uncomfortable, you'll thank me. I'll give you a second to do with that as you will....

sorted ?

great.

A quick interlude before we continue...

I was actually really unsure on what to base this weeks entry on, <I've now been staring at the curser blinking for 15 minutes and we have still not progressed with an idea, shall I even be admitting this?>, however, one thing that has been bothering me is my ability to be consistent without overwhelming myself. It's like as soon as something is going well, things are running smoothly, I like to trick my mind in to thinking otherwise, and bam, the cycle begins. My YouTube presence is a perfect example of this. I haven't posted a video on there in 2 months. Yes, 2 months, and the longer I leave it the worse I feel and the easier I find things to critique when I decide to film. It's horrible and I make myself feel so guilty. The gym is another one. I was doing so well, being more consistent then, than I ever have been. Then I stop. Maybe its a thing of complacency, once I get comfortable I start to slack and eventually abandon the task I was once so passionate about doing.

How do you go from being so consistent, having so much love and enthusiasm to silence. Have I fallen out of love with making and editing videos ?, do I even want to continue with it ?, why, why do I feel this way ? <I'd rank these three questions as my top 3 most frequently asked q's to myself>, yet still I haven't found a suitable answer for any of them.

And this my friends is where I begin to overwhelm myself with these mental checks and questions, it's a vicious cycle and I think the best way of breaking out of this loop is to speak on it, or I should just film a video of me doing that and kill two birds with one stone! is that the correct saying? you know what I mean if not, thoughts?.

So here, if you have this problem too, then you have found a friend in me to relate to. Now that I have established the issue, I'm determined to fix it, with no pressure, no guilt and no excuses. My camera is on charge as we speak, and I am yet to blow the dust off of my gym trainers, but tomorrow I am going to get myself back on track with those two activities, and in return feel fabulous for it.

"I should have started this sooner, what was I waiting for?"

(I can see myself telling you all this on next weeks entry, watch this space).

Trending now

Similar to last week when I mentioned that we as a generation are obsessed whole heartedly, consciously and subconsciously, with the idea of following and maintaining an admirable lifestyle, it's similar to our infatuation with adapting to trends and micro trends.

What even is a trend?, how can something or someone be whittled down to be considered a trend? and do we as a society believe it's more comforting to follow a trend or be indifferent to a trend?.

oh and why do we care so much?

Trends are like mini fashion stamps in time, and soon come again, they will repeat themselves and we again will show love for them : A cycle.

As for the likes of Kylie Jenner, Hailey Bieber and Bella Hadid, these are some of the most influential women at current, and are considered A* trend setters. Have we seen the current craze over Hailey Bieber's nails, Bella Hadid's corpgore style and Kylie Jenner's lavish lifestyle?, yes, I'm sure we all have. Don't let me forget about Matilda Djerf, the women who has a tight hold on the hearts of every 20 something year old girl with her beautiful bouncy hair and minimalist Scandinavian style.

But how long do we keep up with these trends before we can no longer resonate?, my answer is, not long. I'm sure we've all been culprits of buying in to a trend and then a few weeks later, forgetting it ever existed and begin to fixate on the next. Our world, our lives and our attention to things is so unbelievably fast paced, and I would definitely argue that there's something very damaging and scary about seating impatiently for the next big craze to take us by surprise and soon become infatuated by, this cannot be healthy for our minds and attitudes, so will this be us forever? is this just how the fashion industry, in particular, works? It's crazy when you actually sit back and think about it.

Don't get me wrong I love seeing the dynamism in fashion, the variety of styles and selection of trends to inspire us, but my fear is that we lose ourselves trying desperately hard to 'fit in' or 'align with' with the current crazes that eventually our individuality is no longer individual but shared and our uniqueness is no longer unique but similar. So as a Not Pink pinky promise <bloody Nora that saying is so fitting>, you won't get too deep in a trend that you no longer look like you, act like you or are you, because you are fine as you are.

like I said last week, admire these lifestyles and trends from a far.

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A slightly shorter read this week, but aside from my excruciating hangover, I have really enjoyed writing this week's entry, I am still finding my feet and my style on how I want to orchestrate these posts, so bare with me. But I feel refreshed and geared up for Monday and the week ahead, do you?. Not Pink hopes you have an amazing week and I look forward to next Sunday to chat and laugh some more.

See you next Sunday, you'll always have a friend in Not Pink <3

Not Pink x