There is something about the big cities that makes me question why I would ever live anywhere else. There is something about this small town where I live right now, Pullman, that makes me wonder why I would ever want to graduate so quickly. There is something about social media that makes me question why seeing what someone is doing across the country is so relevant to me at this moment. There is something about this time that makes me inquire why I don't appreciate it more.
In this particular moment, I am sitting in bed wanting to get on a plane and go straight back to Los Angelos, where I spent the weekend visiting my sister. At this moment, I am sitting in a quiet room, listening to the rain drip down on my slightly cracked open window. It's so peaceful, yet I want nothing more for it to end. I want nothing more than to go back to my favorite city of LA and go people watch and bask in the warm sun with my sister and mom by my side. It's not that I don't love Pullman, trust me, I do. It's just that I'd rather be in the sun and with my family than looking forward to the Psych test I have on Tuesday.
What's wrong with this? Nothing. What's my point? Well, I think my point is that we live in a world that is so caught up in the now. The problem is, is that it's not even our "now" that were so caught up in. Instead, we are so worried about what other people are doing, and more importantly what we are NOT doing, that we seem to lose sight of what is important in our moment, right now.
We (including me) need to stop worrying about other people's "moments" and start focusing on our own. We need to stop comparing our "moments" to strangers on social media and start building our own. Yes, we live in a world of fantastic connections all around the world, but we cannot live vicariously through someone else's life, even if we think it's cooler or more adventure-rich than ours.
The truth is, I can stand for every girl when I say we regularly compare our life to things we see on Pinterest, Instagram, and shows such as "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." It's an ignorant thing we do in our past time to entertain ourselves. However, what we don't realize is how much of our focus and energy goes into our comparisons of ourselves and how much negativity and hurt that comes out.
To be honest, there is nothing good about social media, TV or any media that affects our mentality and emotions. Yes, we're all guilty of comparing our lives to one's we see on Snapchat (the Bachelor and Bachelorette couples) and so on. But I encourage you and myself to get OFF your phones and start focusing on what you like to do, what makes you happy, and what makes you the type of person that you are. We get so caught up that sometimes we forget where we even are or who were with or what were doing. We are losing life more than we're gaining by losing these precious moments as we waste away wishing we were someone else or somewhere else.
My point is, live in the moment, and express yourself. You won't regret building your own memories, but you will regret wishing you did.
