We all know that the use of social media sites, online networking and overall technology usage has dramatically increased. This usage has greatly increased from that time, long ago that we were watching Rugrats on Nickelodeon with our baby curls hangin’ loose in all the right places. Of course as the millennials that we are we look at the fine print of statistics and realize the epidemic of social sites before us. Hell no we don’t. I mean maybe ya’ll have really looked into it, I on the other hand, saw some quiz in this months Cosmopolitan about how much time we are on our technology devices, but that’s about the extent of my in-depth research.
One thing we all do know is that there is an increase in popularity of publicizing our everyday adventures, successes and heartbreaks. It truly has become a phenomenon. Within our time amongst this new game of life, we have seen trends come and go faster than our TIVO can fast-forward. We have seen the SnapChat filters phase in and out. (I’m holding onto the puppy filter for as long as possible. Fingers crossed that bad-boy never goes out of style).
We have seen the Instagram pages that become known worldwide, overnight to getting twenty-seven likes on an image shortly thereafter.
The thing is that with each and every one of these sites that we cannot deny entry to, we see the popularity of tags, locations and ultimately people. As we see all of these things within seven seconds of scrolling down whatever site we may be lying our eyes on, we automatically start to compare ourselves to others. There is no denying that we put ourselves amongst the terms of living “their” life, wearing “their” clothes and going to “those” places. As a whole, there is the expectation of instant gratification. Why wouldn’t there be with the gratification that we see on a day to day basis? For some it is simpler than others. A box of takeout thai and an evening hike does it for this girl, I don’t know ‘bout ya’ll, but I am pretty easy to let’s say, gratify. In the long run, our generation lacks commitment because we see these endless images and stories of those that are of the same age living the high life (most likely high, yes).
Just joking, wink wink.
However, with all of these images of these endless possibilities that I believe us all to be completely capable of achieving, we are still wearing tanks that say, “#Ican’teven.” We are still tagging #overit. We are already shutting down the possibility of that would-be, could-be Instagram post where the location isn't even able to be spotted by Siri.
Why do we do this to ourselves?
Why do we tell ourselves no?
I think that some of us are scared of what we may be able to overcome, others I think simply just don’t have the drive. Some say that they are already broken and done. Well I am here to tell you, you can, this is not something you can end, this is your life, if these are your dreams, make them into your realities because baby, you can.
Dreams > Reality
