This is a rant, but not really – just listen to me. I have a career in fashion [entertainment in some aspects] and I think this industry is hard, like any other, but you have to cut some throats and stab on some backs. Just to make it where you want to be. This place is cruel and paved with bad intentions. You make your own experience and can A) float B) sink C) leave D) all of the above. Unfortunately, this industry is very much carved by emotion and artist with like very determine minds. Power hungry minds want starving workers.
This is the light I see. Everyday. Not just being someone who works in fashion, but life itself. The hardest think I’ve ever had to do in this life was to live and grow up. I didn’t sign up to work like a dog and prove myself to society. A piece a paper goes a long way, but how much did you pay for it? Your degrees? How much was it? There is a price. Everything and everyone has a price to pay. Some of us are lucky and some of us have to jump to see where we’re going land, and some of the time it’s in the trench.
Being young is about learning, not struggling. Not worrying about how we’re going to survive. We should be experiencing hardships, but not at the cost of where it’s going to mess up our future. Society isn’t perfect. Neither is any human being, but there shouldn’t be a price on being a strong force walking the earth. Don’t be dumb and let the social rule of media and a foggy culture sway your decisions.
What do you really need? If I could go back and tell my 15-year-old self what to do, it would be to prepare yourself for the harshness of the world, but live accordingly to what you believe in. It will go smoothly. Also, to run and jump as far as I can, because everything will be okay. You don’t even have to YOLO, just do.
