It’s 2018. Gay marriage is legal in 26 countries. Women are getting more and more equal rights. In the UK last year we finally had more first time buyers in the first time since 2006. Apart from Donald Trump and a couple of other idiotic world leaders, we seem to be on the right track yet I find that being a young adult is harder than ever.
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The main problem that I see is that nowadays everybody is jealous of each other. Not in the sense of money/babies/buying houses, in the sense of what we compare ourselves to on social media. On social media we see girls who are a Size 4 on top but have the batty of a queen. Or we see people who are younger than us buying their first houses and feel like we aren’t “successful”. Someone in your class gets a better mark than you so you feel like a failure. We care too much about what other people are doing/achieving rather than how successful we are as individuals.
We need to stop comparing our lives to everyone else’s. Just because someone has a better car than you, it doesn’t mean you’ve failed, just because your mates got a good relationship, it doesn’t mean that they’re superior to you.
We need to stop comparing ourselves to each other and SUPPORT each other. If you see someone on your feed whose got a mint job/a promotion at work - TELL THEM WELL DONE. ENJOY THEIR POSITIVITY AND HAPPINESS. If you see a happy couple on Insta, appreciate that someone has found their better half!! If someone’s shifted a stone and they look BEAUTIFUL, TELL THEM!!
But despite this, CELEBRATE YOURSELF! If you’re happy in your bod, FLAUNT IT, if your mom’s a queen, TELL PEOPLE, if you’re in love with your partner and want to tell the world, DO IT!!
If you’re worried about people “moaning” about your posts on social media - DELETE THEM. If you worry people are prying on your posts, DELETE THEM!
The quote I go by, and always will is: “if something making you happy, GET RID”
And on that note, I’ve addressed the elephant in my room.
I’m doing well at uni, I’ve got the love of my life by my side and mine/his wonderful family and friends supporting me ALL THE WAY.
Bin the negativity and I’m sure you’ll feel a lot better. Because I deleted over 600 people off my Facebook today and I’ve never felt more relieved. Either support me, or get out.
All the love,
Until next time, Barry.
