Chapter 2- The generation

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All the clothes, so expensive. You pay $30 for a piece of fabric that only covers way less than a quarter of you. So why bother? Why buy those clothes...I want to fit in, but does that make me too desperate. Afraid of being judged, afraid of staring into your wallet and feeling the regret when you purchased it.


All these mixed emotions, Will I feel these when I'm older? Or is it just a teen thing? It's hard to keep friends, and make new ones...the elders blame it on the technology. But I think different. With a mind so bold, that it feels like another person is in your brain...anything can be thought.


Social media, I deleted it all. You feel released when you delete these apps, you can keep them but not overuse them. But just think, "do I really need this?" A screen with a blue light, taking control of our lives. When you were once little, adventures were key. You only had a box tv with cartoons, but that was good enough. And I'm grateful for that.


People say "live a little!" But you'd much rather be inside. I think about smashing my phone on the ground and breaking it into tiny pieces, no one texts me anyway. Am I the only one that tries to replicate their past, oh the cartoons, the food and thoughts and friends.


If I could just live a little...

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