Things Are Not Always How They Seem Essay witting
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It’s been said, but it bears repeating: things are not always how they seem. We’ve heard this phrase perhaps a million times, but how often do we actually question the façade of the happy, successful people that surround us? Would anything positive come from it if we did? Often the times in my life that have been the most pinched and stressful have also been the times when friends thought my life was the most exciting and successful.
One August I was living in a 5’x7’ closet in a cockroach infested basement in Sunnyside, Queens and I was getting text messages from people telling me how jealous they were of my fabulous life. Fabulous? I was living on less than $25 a week! Scroll through my Facebook and blog though, and every post was perfectly positive – no one could have guessed the sacrifices I was making to keep my dream of living in NYC alive.
To be fair, we all enjoy snapshots of la bella vita and no one enjoys listening to complainers, but why do we persist in believing that everything comes easy to the people who have the best Instagram feeds? Why can’t we be honest about what we sacrifice and how hard we actually pinch ourselves to go after the life we want? If we could see all the scrapes and bruises that went into our friends’ vacations and cocktail parties and financial security, would we feel less alone in our own messy battles?