YOLO

    YOLO - "You only live once".  Many people live by this life philosophy which gained popularity in the early 2000s. It's an abstract idea of how life gives you opportunities and that you must seize the day. At its core, it's an idea that expresses how you must prioritize the current moment over long-term consequences. While this ideology seems to be exciting it has several impacts beyond our personal lives and on our planet. 

Because of its careless purchasing habits and disposable mindset, YOLO culture has a significant negative influence on the environment. Convenience is valued more highly than sustainability, which causes fast fashion and throwaway goods to contribute to excessive waste production and resource depletion. This mentality affects lifestyle decisions such as nutrition and mode of transportation, which exacerbates environmental problems like greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation. Additionally, the desire for ostentatious spending and status symbols encourages overconsumption, which exacerbates social inequality and speeds up environmental degradation. It will need a shift in cultural ideals toward sustainability, as well as an emphasis on sustainable consumerism to lessen the damaging environmental effects of YOLO culture.

Furthermore, YOLO cultures disconnects us from the world in a sense of how our actions have an impact on the world. it disables us from prioritizing the long-term effects of our daily activities and replaces them with short-term happiness.