You know what? It's pathetic how addicted I am to YouTube shorts.
It's pathetic. Okay.
It's pathetic because I've taken extreme measures to manage my social media addiction.
And yet somehow I found a way to get addicted to YouTube shorts.
Okay. I got two phones, one phone that has all the social media apps downloaded that I keep in my office on the floor for moments when I need to post on social media.
And then I have another phone that has no social media apps downloaded on it except for YouTube, because I have a soft spot for YouTube that I carry around all the time that is used mainly for utility purposes.
Right. And for a long time, this worked for me.
My social media addiction was cured.
But then I discovered YouTube Shorts.
And over the last few months, my addiction to YouTube shorts has now just completely erased all of the work I've done to manage my social media addiction.
So yes, I did have to delete YouTube off of my phone because I could not go to the bathroom without scrolling on YouTube shorts.
I could not go to sleep without watching at least a few YouTube shorts beforehand.
Like I fully became addicted.
And so I had to delete it off of my phone.
I'm talking about my main phone, like the phone, the healthy phone that doesn't have all the social media apps on it.
It's still downloaded on the unhealthy phone, but I don't go on that one.
So on my main phone, I got nothing.
Okay. YouTube Shorts was the last chance I had to scroll.
Or so I thought, I already found something else to scroll on, but this is a little bit healthier.
And I don't think I'm going to become addicted to this, but it allows me to scroll in a way that is mentally stimulating.
And when I'm on the toilet, I open this app and I look.
This is the app Tag Walk.
Tag Walk is an app that basically just shows you runway collections like fashion runway collections it's actually really an incredible app you can look up a fashion show that happened 10 years ago from a certain designer and you can find it on this app and look through it there's professional images like you get to see everything Right.
So when I'm on the toilet, when I'm laying in bed, exhausted, needing a little bit more dopamine from a scroll before I go to sleep, instead of going on YouTube shorts now, I go on this app Tag Walk and look at current runway collections.
At a certain point, I'm going to run out of current runway collections to look at, and I'm going to have to go back into the archive.
But there are so many runway shows happening all the time that there's a lot of stuff to look at.
And I love analyzing that.
It's like, I'm actually having an incredible time.
And I really don't think it's toxic.
Like, I actually think this is a valid replacement for YouTube Shorts that is not unhealthy.
Like, I think I'm equally as satisfied from this activity, but I don't think it's destroying me in my attention span like YouTube Shorts did.
Short form content is just not good for the brain.
It's overstimulating.
It causes anxiety. I'm already anxious.
The last thing I need is short -form content in my day -to -day routine.
So I'm loving this.
And I've been loving this for the past week.
We'll see how long it lasts.
But in this last week, I've consumed more runway fashion than I probably ever have in my life.
And not only am I having an incredible time, but it's exciting because I'm noticing trends.
Like, I'm seeing things happen.
You know, when you're observing every single runway show, you do start to notice the trends and the patterns and the things that are clearly in right now.
I mean, I've gone to Fashion Week many times, and I don't see nearly as much stuff because I can only physically go to so many shows.
Sitting on the toilet and scrolling on Tagwalk, the app, has exposed me to more fashion than I've ever been exposed to in my life.
And I'm having an incredible time.
Anyway, let me get to the point, okay?
Over the last week, I've really gotten caught up in current fashion.
And I've noticed a lot of trends.
And I want to analyze them with you.
I want to analyze the trends that are on the runway now and discuss whether I think they're trendy or timeless.
And this is actually a series here on Anything Goes called Trendy or Timeless, where we take fashion and discuss together whether we think it's trendy or timeless.
And you can't tell me because I can't hear you.
So it's sort of actually just one -sided.
I'm just telling you if I think it's trendy or timeless.
But I'd like to think that it's a conversation.
It's not. It's one sided, but it feels to me like a conversation.
Without further ado, this is trendy or timeless.
This is what I've been seeing on the runway.
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