Being ‘Low Maintenance’ Is the Newest Status Symbol—and It’s Exhausting

Being ‘Low Maintenance’ Is the Newest Status Symbol—and It’s Exhausting

I can spot a “low maintenance” flex from three scrolls away. It sounds like, “I don’t really do much, I just drink water and use SPF,” said by someone whose calendar looks like a freaking NASA launch schedule. Brows. Nails. Hair. Skin. Pilates. Therapy. A little red light mask moment. A little peptide moment. Nothing crazy. Just effortlessly existing, like a woodland creature with a blowout. Somewhere in the bizarre world of social media, “low m…