Give any trend, friend or feud ten years and watch what survives. Time sifts, and only the real stuff stays in the pan.

Most of what feels urgent now is held up by attention rather than substance, and attention runs out. Ten years is long enough for the borrowed energy to drain out of a style, a friendship or an argument, leaving whatever could stand on its own. What remains was usually quiet the whole time.

Take one thing currently taking up room in your head and picture it a decade from now. If you cannot imagine caring, spend less on it today. If you can, it deserves more than the scraps it is getting.