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Monday, September 30, 2024
Wow, didn't think I'd come across something like this again in my life. I can remember all the bulletins I used to post talking about my favorite things and learning that it was just people trying to find out my passwords. I also found out that its a terrible idea to try and invite people to your birthday party through a bulletin when nobody showed up. Cue the sad violin music. There are some lessons on the internet I wish I could go back and tell my younger self the impact and waves of the words they said.
Luckily it wasn't anything that would cancel me today but I can't help but look back and just see a kid trying to find himself out and make connections in the world. The advent of competing social medias, smartphones, constantly having to be plugged into the feed, algorithms, for-you-pages, and the need for instant gratification slowly made me realize that I can set my own pace for how I want to live my life. Sure there are doors that are only open for certain amounts of time but I feel like its more natural to have things come to you instead of constantly chasing that fifteen minutes of fame.
I'm glad as far as social media goes, stuff like MySpace was literally "my space". Somewhere I could set the mood and vibe of. When Facebook came out I felt like people were running a 24/7 marathon where you were rewarded randomly by God's good graces instead of any actual effort. It's hard nowadays to tell what goes viral or what's going to be popular. Following what's trending and being a lemming following the leader leeches at any hint of originality or yearning for creativity. Too many unknown entities telling you how to talk, what to think, how you should be and what you should be doing.
Not saying this is perfect or that its going to be a revolutionary path to the future. I feel like its more of a way for my generation to connect back with their younger selves and have that introspection to understand where they are now. You change more than you realize. What you say, how you do things, and especially the people that come and go into your life. You are always in a flux of changing and constantly having to find yourself. Understanding what makes you, well, you. Hopefully, I can learn to express myself in ways I thought I lost along the years. So here's to finding myself again.
- Brent "TheFilipinoJedi"
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