I recently read an article about my generation and how we are all so narcissistic and demanding and full of ourselves. I wish I could remember where I read 'said' article because I would try to link it here for your own viewing pleasure, but it doesn't really matter because I fail at linking things here all the time...
Anyways, it basically said how my generation expects so much from life and how we really do expect the best of the best because we think we deserve it. And how Twitter and blogging just lead to more narcissism because we expect people to be interested in our thoughts, etc...how interesting.
So by blogging, I am upping my own narcissism, I guess. I never thought I was very narcissistic, but maybe I was just ignorant to my own self-absorbedness. I do feel like my life, thoughts, and actions are important. Maybe not to everyone, but to some people. It's not like I expect everyone to follow my Twitter or read/follow my blog.
Actually, I'm often surprised by how many people read my blog so I have to be kind of careful when I get personal. Maybe I should have just started writing in a journal. That would not be so narcissistic since it would be for my viewing only and would not be put out on the web for anyone to see. This was another point made by the article; that my generation thinks that people should want to read/know their thoughts and opinions.
I don't think I force myself or thoughts on anyone and like to think that everyone comes here by their own free will to catch up on my life and thoughts. I guess I am a little narcissistic in thinking that people do want to come and read my words...but is narcissism really that bad? I could see where it might get out of hand, but doesn't it give people a bit of a competitive edge or something besides a complex?
I mean we are always told to dream big and work hard so you can achieve those dreams no matter how crazy or unrealistic they are. As children, we are not told that failure is a very real possibility and that we may have to change our dreams a bit along the way. In fact, we are usually encouraged to conjure up these sometimes crazy dreams. Maybe our parents raised our generation to be a bit narcissistic and we got a taste of it and ran with it....and just kept running.
I'm not trying to place the blame on our parents because I think it is a good thing that they try to paint this beautiful picture of the world, where anything is possible, in many of our young minds. We will all learn eventually that the world can be a sucky and unfair place, but they planted that seed of hope and while it may have shrunk a bit over the years or whatever, a little bit of hope is all we often need to cling to. It can get us through tough times and remind us of how things could get better or of how great they could be one day, if we really want it.
You may say I'm narcissistic. Or you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. (little shout out to John Lennon there, in case you didn't notice...)
Peace and dreams.
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