Finally, a Trend Worth Following!
“OMG, I’m such a grandma”
Muses a charismatic young 20-something in one of those aesthetic “a day in the life” Instagram vlogs. In this video, she’s filming her Saturday activities.
She gets up, makes her bed, and journals with a matching pen and notebook by a window with her morning coffee and her dog. She does some yoga, gets dressed (her outfit features a crocheted top she made herself), and grabs her favorite hand painted canvas tote bag.
She eagerly tells you “we’re going to the farmer’s market!”
You hear her chat with vendors and fill her tote with produce. She stops by a small indie book store on the way home to pick up a new read for her evening.
You “join” her for lunch, and she starts to make a loaf of sourdough using a starter she’s been keeping for the last few months. She gives you an update on the status of her garden, and you watch her do some maintenance while listening to a radio she thrifted. She’s big on thrifting, after all, and she points out all of her favorite secondhand trinkets and upcycled goods she’s accumulated as you follow her through her video.
She’s got a vinyl records collection that she spins while she makes dinner from her farmer’s market finds. She settles in for the night with her new book, a cup of tea, a matching set of pajamas, and a crocheted blanket that looks like she might’ve made it herself, too. Of course, her adorable dog makes another cameo.
The video is tagged “#grandmahobbies.”
If you click on the hashtag, you’ll find hundreds upon hundreds more like it, with influencers and content creators all sharing their favorite hobbies. From baking to painting to fabricrafts, slowing down into a more analog form of life is making the rounds on the wheel of trends.
Just like the video in this article.
Unlike most trends, we hope this one is here to stay. Given its name, it probably is.
This blog post was adapted from The Magnolia Company’s: