Am i the only one who feels that following trends is not cool? Somehow it just never comes naturally to me, be it a fashion trend, a technology trend, a twitter trend or whatever. I don't wear long kameezes, I never tweet a trending topic, I never watch a movie which is wildly famous or read a book which everyone and my maid has read, and I never buy a new tech product just because of the hype surrounding it (win 7 anyone?)I am just not a trend follower., which is not to say i don't do things that are popular. I do, but the minute it gains a mass follower ship, like zillions of rats lined behind the Pied Piper, I tend to veer off its course.
Instead I like to make my decision based on my personal choices, what suits me, what I would like and what I feel would benefit me. So yes on occasion I'll buy a wildly popular product if I have researched it thoroughly and feel that it would be a useful addition. Or i might subscribe to the fashion of the day if it meets my own personal approval.
I don't get blind followers, be it fashion-slaves or religious zealots. I much prefer and greatly respect loners, rebels and leaders. In the end, aren't the last three all the same really? As Gill Fielding, self-made millionaire once said (and I'm paraphrasing here) - You've got to be a little insane to be a millionaire.
Maybe I'm on the right path after all. All i know is its the most natural path to follow.
