As times change, new inventions come into daily life, younger generations become a more important part of society, and different life styles become more prominent. These differences are reflected in the standards and ways of living and working in a culture.

Such is what is happening these times in this United States of America.

With the prominence of computers and more variations in social, economic, educational, cultural, population diversity, life styles, and different generations less conforming, such changes are becoming more popular and accepted as a reflection of our current culture.

What started as a casual day at work has become more popular and is now the standard in many businesses.

The clean shaven male is no longer the given and facial hair is a popular fashion.

The most often worn clothes for men, women, and children are becoming increasingly more casual with more emphasis on comfort and function than style and fashion.

This trend is also becoming a part of current residential living. There is a change to less formal styles, uses of spaces, and ways of day-to-day living, and fewer concerns for what was important to previous generations.

Societies and cultures have reflected occurring changes since the beginning.

Unfortunately, many people have allowed current changes to lower quality, intellectual, and aesthetic levels by showing little or no interest in their residential interior environments.

Casual does not necessarily and should not mean sloppy, poor quality, careless, by chance, or slovenly when it comes to personal appearance, clothes, business, life styles, and one’s residential interior environment.

Like water, one’s personal taste finds it’s own level.

What is the quality, intellectual, and aesthetic level of your tastes? What does it say about you? How does it affect the results of your living?

Food for thought.