In a world where originality is hard to come by, being true to yourself is rare. When going through college, work, and the many other stages in life, you see how easily creativity is diminished. People become more focused on rationality and trying to fit in rather than standing out in a crowd of people. Individual style is so important. It is okay to be the one person to do something different - find yourself!
Every day our minds are constantly flooded with pictures, Snapchats, tweets, posts, statuses...do we ever catch a break? It is so easy to be like everyone else but it is difficult to be yourself. So when reading these coming statements think about why you choose to follow or not the trends.
When deciding to purchase a new pair of Adidas Stan Smith's, do we choose them because we like them or because they looked good on the other thousands of people wearing them?
When asking someone to prom is the idea original or have you seen it over and over again on social media? #promposalgoals
When posting a picture of your rainbow bagel, is it because you just wanted everyone to see your pretty food or because it is an Instagram trend that has been posted over a million times?
When deciding to go to Coachella do we go for the memories or to capture a "candid" moment with our hipster outfits on?
When writing deep social media posts about Mother's Day, are we really being genuine or is it because we are expected to? Why tell the world and not her?
When choosing to use overused phrases like "bae," "that's lit," or "fire" to describe people and situations, why do we choose to say words that make us seem illiterate?
When deciding to post a selfie with the snapchat dog filter, do we do it because we want to be basic or because we think we look so cute the entire world should see?
These are just a few situations that speak to the trending examples of conformity but how are we confronting these? Do we even see that we are doing them?
It is important that we start to ask ourselves these questions. In this day and age, being original is unique. Most people's decisions are heavily influenced by what they see in social media. When everyone around you says yes, sometimes it's okay to say no. Don't lose yourself in the chaos.
