A conversation that's plaguing both youngsters and adults; the impact of social media and chat tools on our lives has always been debated, and it is impossible to conclude whether it's good or bad. Too much is too bad. It is true with all aspects of life, isn't it?
Statistics show how social media is hampering lives on many fronts, be it personal, family, or professional. It is an age where popularity is based on the number of likes. As a result, we are becoming more antisocial by being more active on social media sites.
Since social media is a massive superpower today, it is on us to take responsibility and control it. It has given us a fantastic advantage to communicate, share our ideas and opinions, and bring people from all around the world together. However, at the same time, it has also made it easy for people to fake their lives, spread lies, and become more insecure about themselves.
Instead of us controlling our social media, social media controls us. However, every person should know that they are not defined by the number of likes, comments, and followers on their social media. There is no way that a single account on social media can encapsulate the brilliant unique personality of a human being. On social media, we are not paying for the product, but we are the product, and we are letting others attribute value to us and get experimented on.
Because of social media, we walk around searching for feedback and pleasing other people while the only approval we need is of ourselves and no one else. 99% of our lives, the significant portion, the behind-the-scenes, the unglamorous, unfiltered, day-to-day mundane normality is never shown on social media, and we end up comparing our behind-the-scenes to other peoples fake Highlight Reel.
Moreover, using others as a mirror or benchmark for how we should look, how successful we should be, or how we should live our lives.
Social media is like an empty road with no traffic lights, zebra crossing, or maps and no one to guide you for where to go. If you take the right turn, have correct judgment, and know your limits, you are safe and on the right path, but one wrong turn can make you forget your reality, make you conscious about yourself, cause anxiety, depression, and so much more.
You will become your happy self, a better half, when you stop putting pressure on yourself to become someone else. As snobbish as it may sound, everyone needs to be full of self-worth. The truth is that when you know you are doing the right thing in your own eyes, it will hardly matter what others say. Everyone has different expectations, values, and perceptions. There is no right or wrong. Sometimes it is just society and social pressures because we pester ourselves to look perfect, and social media fuels this fire. The truth is that a picture will always tell an incomplete story, and it is on us how much we let it affect our lives.
The rising influence of social media has pushed people to live on the web. Eating out for a photo, travelling for a photo, squandering money for a perfect photo, and without a doubt, it has become a dystopian society of deceit.
It doesn't matter how active you are on these channels. The impact that you create and the value you add to social matters. Let's all become humans from digital beings. Let's rekindle the family dinners, hang out with friends and interact with our hearts.
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