After living with a self-proclaimed hipster for so long, I feel like I am educated enough on the ways of a hipster to be writing this guide on how to become one.

1. Make environmentally-friendly choices.

And then proceed to tell the people around you about them. Double check to see that the product you are about to purchase is BPA free, non-GMO, no MSG and kosher.

2. Reinvent your wardrobe.

Flannel is the new black. Throw out everything else you own, and buy more flannel shirts! One can never have too many. Shop at the thrift stores and vintage stores around you because corporate-run department stores are too mainstream.

3. Listen to hipster music.

Everyone listens to Mumford and Sons now; find a new band no one has ever heard of and dedicate your next few weeks to becoming their biggest fan on the planet. Bonus advice here: do NOT tell anybody else who this band is or else everyone will be their fan and they won't be cool anymore.

4. Socks and Sandals.

Socks and sandals are an essential part of the hipster look. Although one can not be considered a hipster for solely wearing socks and sandals, when paired with a few other things on this list, they complete the look.

5. Wear full rimmed glasses.

Preferably black framed and a little large for your face. Don't worry if you have 20/20 vision. No one wears glasses to improve their vision anymore these days.

6. Adopt a new diet.

You have options here. You could become vegetarian, vegan, pescetarian, carnivore, paleotarian, pollotarian, flexitarian, fruitarian or raw foodie.

7. Revamp your Instagram account.

Make sure your account has a theme. It is more aesthetically pleasing to look at photos that all have the same filter than it is to look at photos with random filters.

8. Go on hikes.

Go on hikes. Whether it is with friends or alone, do it regularly.

9. Take nature photos.

This goes along with revamping your Instagram account. Take nature photos during those hikes you go on, and put them all over your social media. Preferably with some deep comment about nature (or anything – it just has to be deep) as a caption.

10. Buy a Hydro Flask.

This is the most important one of them all. Hydro Flasks keep your drink hot or cold for several hours! What else can do that for you? This will be $45 well spent.

Lastly, please consider this hipster paradox:

If hipsters are too mainstream, they will do mainstream things,
so there will no longer be hipsters because hipsters are too mainstream.