Hello world and welcome to my blog 😉
I have been trying in many ways to break into the social media industry, but this one is a little different. Although my goal is to connect with people and to be able to create content full-time, I also feel like I need an outlet for all of my internal thoughts and feelings so that I don’t feel like I am trapped in my own body (know the feeling?).
Personally, I find that social media CAN be a bit of a black hole, although I don’t think that I am alone in that opinion. I would have argued it in the past, but I do see where showing only the positive aspects of your life can really effect those who don’t know the whole truth, or only have your instagram page as a reference for who you are. For me, it’s my subconscious thoughts of judgement, good or bad, that materialize in me feeling empty and unable to appreciate what I have because I have become so consumed in how much better everyone else has it when the truth is that we all have our own demons.
It gets difficult to constantly have to remind ourselves that we are only seeing one side, which is generally the side that people want us to see.
Emma Chamberlain broke a bit of this barrier with her personality traits of being so open and real with her following, although I do think that there are other ways of achieving this same feeling of transparency. She does it right in that it doesn’t seem like she is trying to be anyone else, which I feel is a more positive message than that of some other creators (not that I am the ultimate judge but simply an onlooker who holds a meaningless opinion).
What I am trying to get to with all of this being noted, is that my goal is to be transparent. I want people to know me and why I am me because I feel like that is the only way I could pursue the “content creator” career with dedication, and true interest in everything that will be involved. I also value transparency because I feel like with having a following, I would want to be able to really connect with people and the only way to do that in a genuine way is to be open and honest.
I guess that is why I have quickly claimed the “unemployed” label, as it is just a very honest portion of what I am at the moment. Although it reads initially as someone without a job, money, and priorities, I want you to understand what it really means for me and my particular situation.
Being currently unemployed sucks. It sucks because everyone around me has standard jobs who get paid weekly or biweekly. I hate to compare myself or even feel as though I am less than just because my path since high school has been much less than conventional (took a year off from school after not even completing my first semester in college, then working full-time with no friends or outlets leading me to be EXTREMELY unsatisfied with my life and what my future was going to look like).
I am not any less of a responsible adult because I don’t have solid employment at the moment. I am, however, irresponsible to myself as a human being by not at least ATTEMPTING to follow any of my true aspirations because they are “unconventional” especially based off of my environment which is filled with the conventional.
So here I am…attempting to start up my blogging and keeping it real while doing so, and although I am not 100% sure what this blog will be based on, I think you might want to follow it to find out!
haha what a sales pitch
Let’s see where this takes us.
-your favorite unemployed twenty year old :)))
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