Lifestyle and fashion used to be two completely different terms with different meanings. However, the situation has changed a lot in the last few decades. People usually believe that they do have a particular lifestyle just because they do something fashionable. They go to the gym on a regular basis; they try to eat healthy foods, and they think that they live a healthy lifestyle.
A particular lifestyle is often proceeded by or based on a choice; a person has to decide that he wants to live this or that way. However, it is important to be aware of the fact that this decision might not be a personal one. People tend to forget the huge effect of media in this case. Media shape our ways of thinking and also manipulate us. This way, the essence of our OWN decisions can be questioned. It is not obvious whether we live according to our own rules, or we are controlled by someone else. As a result, fashion (as part or counterpart of the media) may become our governor.
A undeniable truth. We are what we see, not what we eat. I might be going back in time and behave like monkeys that copy one another. But instead of copying for survival, we are copying for social acceptance.
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