At a certain point, we allowed numbers to dictate our value.
This is a bitter reality some of us deny. We might be living our days being unaware of this. Do you ever wonder why people starve themselves to fit in with the desired waist measure? or maybe how students deprive themselves of sleep to keep their ranks up? or how we are labeled with our net worth?
Are we still deserving without a set of numbers that declare our existence?
This might be vague, confusing, and senseless because numbers were discovered to create boundaries, limits, and define things that words can't. Is it impossible for a human to live and love without these imaginary binds? Is it impossible with a beauty standard that defines your appearance with your height and weight? Is it unrealistic to ace without impressive grades? Is it too good to be true to create a world where we are not trying to be someone else that we are not? Why are we depending on ratios?
Stop the mindset of labeling person after person 9/10, 8/10, 5/10. You are not a cereal nor a movie to have such identity plastered on your forehead. You can't be rated by the size of your waist nor the length of your hair.
The idea of marriage before 30 is sickening. Live a life where you do things when you are ready. Don't decide on things impulsively just because you are pressured.
Do not let people tell you that you are too late for this and that. You should not be dictated when to graduate, when to have kids and when to have a lifetime partner. Time is endless but ours are limited, but that doesn't mean we have to live a life rushing things.
Create your own definition, satisfy yourself, and not the social constructs. You are a person of your own.
I don't intend to abolish the concept of inspiration and motivation based on these. I just want to point out how difficult it is for a person like me to cope up with social standards that define your worth based on a set of numbers that you achieve. Too much of these deprives us of doing what we love and enjoying things we must.
Dreams and goals are great, but you are you. You can't let numbers define you.
