The Mother Teresa of Social Media
I won’t be wrong in saying that today we all are addicted to social media. Maybe to stalk our ex on the gram or lookup our future employers on Facebook and linked-in. Even 1–2-year-old enjoy various filters on Snapchat and bloggers moms have already addicted these young minds to the IG reels.
It could be anyone, our friends, our family, the people we meet on dating apps, or even strangers who are all checking our social profiles and are most probably judging us based on the content we share. Please do not try to disagree with me, because you and I both know that we too do it. Everyone does it.
We are always under the pressure to post only the best things, to make our feed look good and show how great of a life we are living.
We have beautiful influencers on IG, trying to be Mother Teresa by volunteering to help people buy designer bags and clothing while emptying our bank accounts. I mean I won’t deny the fact that it's way too difficult to be a successful influencer when there are too many fishes in the sea. Of course, it takes a lot of effort, prep, and dedication to get those millions of followers and likes and comments and share and what not but don't you think we need to put some filters on our content thought process rather than putting filters to glorify the post.
I have a question, are these influencers that rich as they show in their posts? Well, we all know the answer, and this version of them only exists in REEL life, they too have shit to deal with in their REAL lives.
We all here are trying to prove to the world, that our lives are perfect, with zero errors or bad days or hangovers.
I can prove it right away:
You would post a picture of your letter of promotion but will you post about all the extra hours and late nights you spent in the office to achieve that?
You definitely will flaunt your new designer dress but will you post about how broke you went buying it?
You will go to a fancy rooftop bar to click pictures for the gram but only to edit and upload later.
You share cute pictures with your pet but do you post the reason why you got it in the first place? Your loneliness at the moment.
You will share posts about how much you love your BFF but will you post about the ones that you have fallen apart with?
Well, that’s social media for you! It’s all so new and had only a big impact for the past 10 years. Mind you it all started with making friends on FB and has reached to chasing followers on the gram now.
So, we are not completely aware of how much damage it can have on young minds.
Especially celebrities, who pressure people that they ain’t living the best times of their lives because they haven’t bought the right clothes or jewelry or they could not get the best weight loss supplement. This is the definition of the right lifestyle and hence they are not living the best life.
But You are, I am, and trust me They too are!
Everybody has bad days at work. Everybody feels ugly. Occasionally, everybody goes broke. And everyone gets sick.
And most importantly, people have mental health issues.
I feel it’s really important to talk about these things; from the big issues in society to the ordinary, everyday things; because they happen to all of us.
Our lives aren’t just fancy restaurants, malls, and bars. Our lives are the work canteen, getting stuck in the rain without an umbrella, and crying at a crappy TV show.
Our lives are the good, the bad, and the ugly; just like everyone else’s. The hugs, the happiness, the celebrations. The good times and the bad. Friends, family, relationships, finding ourselves, and making it through adulthood and midlife crisis.
Struggling to find our way in a big city or a small town. The feeling of conquering it all, and the feeling of sinking in it.
It’s okay to have an ordinary life, everybody does.
Only if more influencers and celebrities stood up and promoted normality and tried to stop the feeling of failure and overwhelming pressure on people (youths especially) the world would be a better and most importantly a normal place to live.
