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Unconventional Career Idea šŸ’”Become a Nostalgia Curator

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Ash Ambirge
Sep 10, 2024
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More than EVER, there’s this craving for simpler times. šŸ‚ 🌳 šŸ” šŸ¦†

We want nostalgia, comfort, and a break from the complexity of it all. (If my phone dings one more time…)

I’ve talked about this before: you can see it evidenced in all the nostalgic things we’re o-b-s-e-s-s-i-n-g over right now:

  • Cottagecore—which romanticizes rural life, simple living, and a return to nature—is taking over the interiors world. (The aesthetic involves things like baking, gardening, foraging, and crafting—which just happens to be right up my alley right now, too. 🤣)

  • Nostalgia-based TV shows had an awesome comeback: Stranger Things was set in the 80s, Cobra Kai is the offspin of The Karate Kid, Fuller House came out as the sequel to Full House.

  • Retro comfort foods are in: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and even Dunkaroos are re-releasing products that were popular in the 80s and 90s.

  • Vinyl records are very, very cool these days (esp in places like Brooklyn): people are loving the slower, more deliberate act of selectin…

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