You Can't Be You

What if someone told you that you could no longer be yourself.  Sounds kind of odd doesn't it?  Well in today's culture being a teenager is hard.  No, it isn't as hard as living in Venezuela with no clean water and a meal once a day, but it's difficult to know where to fit in and how.  I personally know many people who are struggling with that very thing even now!  The problem is people.  Yes, people.  They may not say it directly, but they tell you how to act and how to dress.  If you really think about it, that's the equivalent of saying you can't be you because I'm telling you to be someone different.  I think that YouTube is a big hit.  I love YouTube and use it all the time, so I'm not bashing it.  However, YouTuber's today have an extremely sharp example on teenagers.  Adults are also affected, but not in such an extreme way.  In teenager years, you are "figuring" out which way you want to go with your life.  When YouTuber's do whatever they want and say they can do it because they're adults, they have to realize that they're lives are not the only one's on the line.  
For instance, fad-setting is a biggy and sometimes even a goody, but if I could tell you the innumerable amount of fads that are big today, my blog space would be already filled.  To spare time I will only list a few: fidget spinners, slime, crop-tops, skinny-jeans, binge-watching, diets, neon, dabbing, literally all social media, the word 'literally', and so much more nonsense.  
Now if you're into this kind of stuff and actually like it, then go for it!  However, you'd be surprised how many people are doing these things because so-and-so did it.  Some fads are great, like I said, but beware of the life-changing ones.  Vape, tatoos, drugs, etc.  I know those are very extreme, but I'm just trying to get a point across here.  That point is, be yourself.  Let me pause and take a moment to reenact every Disney movie ever.  Seriously though, I don't mean to sound like some yoga-pant-wearing millennial who thinks "being yourself" and drinking booz is the only way to flip off the world.  (And no, don't flip off the world, it isn't nice...)  In this instance, being yourself means following your own styles and just letting loose.  Of course you need to follow standards.  If being yourself is running around the mall naked shouting about half-priced jeans, then maybe the "real" you shouldn't be quite introduced yet.  Don't be afraid to be different.  Set your own fashion trends.  Be yourself.  Just because Ava or Lauren or Liza does it, doesn't mean you need to do it too.  If you'll excuse me, I'll get off my soapbox for now.  Thanks for listening to my little splurge on being yourself.  Remember, living harder isn't always better than living smarter.

Embracing My Imagination One Word at a Time,
~TheNerdInGlasses~    

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