Being a 16 year old in today's society is pretty tough. I mean, there's no jobs out there for us, we're judged by everyone around us, pressured to be the ultimate best at everything and shown so many strange and dangerous life choices, its difficult to stay grounded and true to who you are.
However, being a teen does have its perks. One of those is inspiration. A strange one, with so little purpose to others, but to me it's huge. Before this, I hid in a shell, my own bubble of zero self belief and nonexistent confidence. But it's all began to change. The reason why?
People on the internet.
That's strange to say considering many people within the online community Ive never met and will never have the chance of meeting: but having said that its partly the reason as to why it's such a large inspiration.
The whole 'youtuber' idea is pretty big these days and it's impacted so many people - the uploaders. the subscribers. the people who are too afraid to try it out for themselves. and people like me. By that I mean someone who is so tempted by it all but it's never quite been something that you feel confident in doing.
Since I've changed my blog, and took nearly a month away I've felt now that it's time to get back in the game because these days it's okay to just stop and take time to get away from things and say that 'no, things aren't okay right now', or 'it's time I relaxed and had a moment to take it all in and breathe'. As the world spins, stress builds on everyone and people on the internet have managed to share there lives and precious moments peacefully with the strong support of the viewers and the rest of the World Wide Web community.
In May of this year, I met Connor Franta, and I've never met anyone as grounded as him before. He welcomed everyone with open arms and literally hugged the thousand + people that were meeting him. That's why people who do his job are so inspiring as they show appreciation for everything and give back to those who have helped them getto where they are today.
Then there's others I.e - Zoe Sugg, Tanya Burr, Jim Chapman, Marcus Butler etc who also have shown us as young people that anything in today's world is possible.
Something as little as a blog post, or a video uploaded to you tube can genuinely change perceptions and even lives, and it creates a space where people can relate and have the ability discuss issues around the world with each other through the virtual world.
So really; even though own world had its ups and downs, it's clear that throughout the power of virtuality, social connection and general support of those online, it seems we are stronger than ever.. With that we can be anything, and do whatever we want with our lives.
Love, Megan
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