Trends have expiration dates printed in invisible ink. Build on what won’t be cringe in two years.

Everything has a date on it and none of them are printed where you can see. Nothing warns you, there is no announcement, and one month the exact thing that made people laugh starts making them wince instead. Enjoying it while it is here is fine. Building your whole identity on top of it is the part that gets expensive.

Before you commit real time, ask what is left if this disappears next spring. Skills, friendships and taste survive. The haircut, the phrase and the format do not, and that is fine as long as you knew.