As nervous as she was; this intelligent 15 year old, Sarayu Chitiyala, speaks on the pressure the younger generation (predominantly young girls) have to present this ‘perfect image’ due to the encouragement from social media. Mentioning the importance of ‘likes’ and ‘comments’ as well as her stating she fought as she felt she was bullying herself with self criticism instead of practicing self-love at such a crucial period of her life.
Right now there is a constant desire to compare lives, looks and life experiences because of other people’s accounts. We should all remember, the content online that we see, is simply what the author’s want the audience to see. With all the editing programmes it is easy to manipulate a photograph in more ways than one.
We should not get lost in the virtual world, because that is simply what it is – not real. Even though the positive effects of social media and the internet are tremendous and very efficient, there are also negative aspects we all have to take into consideration, especially when practising self growth. It is not healthy attempting to copy the lives and paths of those we follow online. Create your own path and strive in your own success, everybody has a purpose on this earth, use others as inspiration for your own plans, not as a product of the exact same path.
Remember you are beayoutiful xxx