Thrifted vs Second hand

I believe people who listen to industrialized music are less creative than others. I may be wrong — but I just don’t know how.

Why? Because inspiration is input. And your ideas are only as rich as the material you feed them. Whatever you consume fills the cup that is you. If all you consume is processed music (YKWIM), your thoughts and ideas are bound to those sources. Just like your body needs vitamins and nutrients — so does your mind.

What does this have to do with the title? A lot — just bear with me.

The heart of thrifting is finding hidden gems — that’s the thing that makes it attractive.

Thrifting isn’t just buying second-hand. It’s hunting. It’s training your eye to see potential where others saw nothing. It’s turning chaos into coherence. Buying second-hand, on the other hand, is passive — someone already curated the gems. You’re paying for taste, not building your own.

Buying second-hand is easy, efficient, and hard to screw up… sound familiar?

When you thrift, you’re not just shopping — you’re discovering. And in the process, discovering yourself too.

Like Bridget says on her video, ‘anyone can go to a curated store and find amazing pieces, but not just anyone can thrift and find amazing pieces too’.

So yeah — buying thrifted isn’t the same as buying second-hand.