IN and OUT — 2025 Edition

What’s In? Jumping on lazy trends. What’s Out? Thinking it means anything

Here was last year’s silly trend hop-on reckons and recommendations:

So what about this year then? Okay, here goes:

What’s In? Being your own person

What’s Out? Silly trend hop-ons

What’s In? Level-headed criticism of Government

What’s Out? Borderline histrionic distress that can be so easily turned against you

What’s In? Not making excuses for weak biopics

What’s Out? Feeling like a précis sketch via Wikipedia, or watching a biopic or multi-part Netflix doco is “doing research”

What’s In? Learning

What’s Out? Using the phrase “I’ve done my research”. You’re not a researcher. You’re a person with the same keys to Google as almost anyone.

What’s In? Short Stories

What’s Out? Listicles

What’s In? Libraries

What’s Out? Dopamine-hit purchasing

What’s In? Listening to movie soundtracks

What’s Out? Not listening to movie soundtracks

What’s In? Using what you have and getting rid of what you don’t need

What’s Out? Any form of hoarding

What’s In? Collecting (it’s not a form of hoarding if it has shape!)

What’s Out? Using the word ‘curation’ (unless you have a business card that says ‘curator’, then go at it by all means)

What’s In? Writing something for yourself (and/or an audience) every single day

What’s Out? Excuses

What’s In? Exploring your own neurodiversity

What’s Out? Desperately diagnosing anyone you meet

What’s In? Telling relatable stories

What’s Out? Feeling guilty for telling relatable stories

What’s In? Compassion

What’s Out? Needless snark

What’s In? Special interests/hobbies

What’s Out? Being bored

What’s In? Being boring (very different to being bored)

What’s Out? Hedonism

What’s In? Living your own life according to what works for you so long as you’re compliant with a society in the way that you must be in order to be a decent, upstanding citizen

What’s Out? Getting any advice or tips from What’s In/What’s Out polls

Happy New Year — thanks for your readership, whether passing by or here for a while. I appreciate you all.