Seeing Images Of Celebrities "transformations" After They've Become Well-known And Successful In The

Seeing images of celebrities "transformations" after they've become well-known and successful in the form of weight loss, dental work, etc. (Trixie Mattel and Chris Rock being notable examples of dental work) has the same energy as those news headlines you hear about children who have to put in literal labor to pay their classmates' lunch debt.

That is to say, the emphasis of these observations and stories is meant to be heartwarming or give you the mindset that "anything is possible if you work hard enough!", when in reality it's actually incredibly depressing because people shouldn't have to suffer this much or have this much of a burden just to feel like they've "worked hard", the same way making it in any creative industry should be about perfecting your craft and not about how you can potentially (if you're lucky and well connected enough that is) escape systemic poverty by doing so.

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I've been watching a lot of commentary videos lately from various creators about the prevalence and rise of "self-care" content on various platforms; TikTok in particular.

Their main takeaways are that while this media may be helpful for those who are struggling or have struggled with self-confidence or people pleasing, the messaging of this content has begun to encourage the adoption of a hyper-individualistic and ego-driven lifestyle in which you purposefully isolate yourself and/or have little regard for others when it comes to socializing all in the name of "focusing on yourself".

It's only after watching these videos along with being humbled in a individual competition I recently took part in that I've begun to realize that while I, and many others may not personally resonate or engage with this type of content, it's very easy to start operating from this mindset, very hard to realize that you're doing it, and difficult to break out of. I also realize that I've been operating from it my entire life.

It's affected my ability to make friends, and of those friends I have made, it's affected my ability to maintain them.

It's not that surprising really, but I do personally find it interesting how not having as many social interactions compared to my peers has affected my perception of the world, namely when it comes to my writing.

A couple months back I made a post discussing how I feel we should be giving smut writers a bit more grace when it comes to what may initially seem like cringy dialogue, given how truly difficult it is to write real sounding interactions with people that have been newly fabricated, regardless of being an intro/extrovert.

Not only do I find it hard to write dialogue given not having a ton of friends in my life, but I've also found that more time alone has allowed me to develop a more descriptive "third person omniscient" lens of the world.

As in, I feel that I spend a lot of time when I write trying to use all the right words in all the right places to perfectly convey an idea, or a place, or a person, or anything to somebody, as if they had been with me in that moment to also see it or share the same wavelength, but also as if I were making up an entirely fictional world whose description only existed in the pages of a novel and whose image would be different in everyone's minds.

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