I am a Nuyorican poet born and raised in
Brooklyn. I say it proud because just like NYC it's beginning to
be hard to find actual Brooklynites. I have instilled in me the idea that
you can actually make a living out of what you truly love doing.
Sometimes I'm the leader of the movement and other times when I have to look at
the price of things, consider what I would save or what I would lose, I feel
like a poser. I recently left my good
paying job to finish and finally graduate. Also I felt like it was taking
over my life. I didn't love it and I
wanted to devote myself to my writing. The time is now.
The reason I am participating is because I have
a love hate relationship with social media and technology. I've always
been the last in let's say my group of friends to get a computer, iPod, laptop
you name it. And not because I didn't have the money (only partially true)
but because I never wanted to jump on the bandwagon that was well all the
trends there ever were. It's where I can share my stories but it's where I stay
in the know of people's lives and honestly sometimes I really don't care. I find it so interesting how social has taken everyone's
lives. My old job required me to post on my Facebook all the time and I
mean aaaallllllll the time and we would get in trouble if we didn't.
Since I have left I have been given the opportunity to see just how strong of a
hold social media has on people. People post everything! What they're
doing now tomorrow next week, where they're eating who they're with what they
thought about a movie what they're feel etc. Some people can't go a day
without checking social media. People have posted about going on social media
breaks because it's too much for them. Geez it's that serious? (I wonder if
anyone has tested how many times on average checks their social media. If
not can I do it?) I've always thought social media to be a generation NOW thing but like everything else, it's never that simple.
I have Facebook Instagram and Twitter but don't
really use my twitter. Instagram is whatever but I always wish I could
delete my Facebook. Look at that, I wish. Sad. I say I wish because
without it I feel like I'm missing something. Or is that how we've been
made to feel?
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