Hashtag 'Living Real'

          Now a days many people are so lonely inside with a wide curved happy smile on face outside. Ever thought, are we really this kinda happy or its just pretending to be? and now we are just used to this pretending. Yeah, I think 'pretending' has became a trend now a days. And this trend is widely out there & overcoming us, our smiles, our lives. 

          People have so many contacts on social media, with a big happening timeline. But still, when it comes to sharing their actual emotions, they don't have a single person to talk to. They just think about whom to share there problems with, who is going to understand them, who will stand by them, who will be there when it goes to worst from the bad they are within.
          Then this 'pretending' trend teach us about solitude. So, we follow the flow of 'hashtag solitude'. And we forget to learn the difference between Solitude & Loneliness.

          We think its cool to be alone and have fun. Ya, you can have fun with yourself alone too but it should be your own time for yourself. You should follow your own hobbies, you should make time for the things you actually love doing and then you can say 'hashtag solitude' for that.  But actually we just try to turn our loneliness into solitude. And this just fulfills the trend of pretending, this isn't going to change the reality of our loneliness. 

          We find best job, good work place, cool colleagues, but we have to be sure about the work we are doing makes us feel good than gives us good salary. We text & chat a lot, we have so many buddies for partying, to have fun, to roam around. But where's the peace of mind here, if we don't have a single one to have a good conversation with. 

          So if you want to be happy in real as like you are on your social media profile, then try to keep some distance between your real & reel life. Try not to follow something that you actually don't love or don't agree with. Make sure you are chasing something that excites you to wake up every morning for it. Be with those friends whom you can talk about your faults and flaws too. Be real and let other people also be real and free with you. Accept & respect the realities of everyone.
          Try not to get influenced by those Instagram trends of living. Don't just click, but be your happy picture. Go with the flow but take your own mind with you. Live with your own views & terms. Follow your own 'hashtags'. Let, 'living real' be the trend and 'your own choices' be the hashtags. Don't follow the 'trend', be the trend.

- Prachi N