What will our generation be known for? Do you ever wonder what our generation will be known for? Does the thought cross your mind as often as it does mine? With the great amount of evolution that's taken place since the beginning of time, what will we be known for? Will it be individualism? We are selfish and only willing to do or say things that benefit us in a way. We are constantly take selfies because it's all about “me, me, me”. Yet, we can't even genuinely love ourselves. So, we can get the likes and followers that surprisingly build our self-esteem and be widely known for nothing special.
Or is it the lack of originality in our fashion and music? Now there are high-waist jeans and shorts, old-skool vans, songs from older versions or remixes of old songs. We are repeating creations that are older than us. Bringing back the past, and reinventing it into a more modernised version is all we do. But, in actual sense, it's not original. We aren't creating anything new anymore.
Or, will it be self-destruction? You know because we burn our livers and poison our lungs, all because it's cool and feels temporarily good. Everyone wants to be cool, wants to be praised for being themselves... except it's not really ourselves - but it's a façade. Or, the fact that we cut our wrists open so we can somehow feel pain in physical and not emotional. Or, cutting our wrists open because someone famous or cool did it and we also do it to relate with them.
Is it the advanced technology and hunger for innovation? Those same devices rob us of our lives. They keep our eyes glued to a screen that is now available as a small, medium or large size. These devices offer everything from shopping, conversations, books and music to mention a few. We no longer need to go out and find someone to talk to or go to the mall to buy clothes. We now do everything on a screen that you chose as suitable for you. Isn't it sad how technology has taken us into its hands so easily? We stay inside our four walls that keep us away from the real world and from what really matters. Instead, it brainwashes us. It feeds us information and news that has been manipulated.
So, ask yourself what you really want our generation to be known for and what we are currently doing? Or, will you be the change you want to see even though we are considered to be reckless or if we are considered to be brainwashed, ignorant and negligent. We may be blindly following politicians and big corporations but I believe that maybe, just maybe, we will be able to make something big and important. If only we opened our minds and not our mouths in attempt to speak louder than the other. We want to be heard yet no one wants to listen.
*18 years old and repeating my grade 12 at Hope Rise Private College in Windhoek. I enjoy nature and the sight of animals. I hope to help people see what's really in front of them.