Trend

There is a famous saying by the philosopher Heraclitus that there is nothing permanent in life except change. Every day is a different day from yesterday, and change is inevitable. Everything around us changes with the passage of time. Changes can be categorized under two main types, which are either beneficial or harmful. But I believe that most of the time, change is for the better than for the worse. From the olden days, when the time where our parents were merely just teenagers like us, till today, a lot has changed. Ranging from the technology of our era till the way we behave, these have all evolved and change in the past decades. One of the most perspicacious changes that occur since the olden days are none other than the modern trends that exist now and ceased to exist in the past. What are trends exactly? According to Wikipedia: “trends are behaviors that develop among a large population that last longer than ten years. These trends usually occur in fashion, business or technology.” Every generation has different trends, and like changes, trends are not everlasting and they are replaced with newer trends every now and then. For many people, trends might seem insignificant and redundant, but in other context, trends are actually part of people’s everyday lives everywhere. Trends are at first difficult to discern or identify, and to start a new trend is never an easy task. Trends actually reflect how we perceive the world around us and how we act. Another word for trend is transition, for example, there are changes in technology, changes in views on gender roles, changes in attitude when dealing with family and changes on how we act and react to certain matters. In the olden days, the trends were greatly different because the lifestyle of people back then was different. For example, back in the days, getting married at a young age was a trend. In the old days, getting married at eighteen or nineteen was considered an honor if not a blessing. Girls that