Be intentional about it!

I was making a phone call today and as usual, I saw the above message pop up on my screen so I decided there and then to write about it.

I'll be more focused on teens and youths cos I believe they are mostly affected by the band wagon effect- doing things simply because other people are.

This seeming compulsion is becoming evident in almost all spheres of life these days. People especially youngsters now but and wear clothes because it is trending and everyone owns it so they do not want to be left out.

What is more surprising to me is that both those with the means to get and those who actually make no form of money all strive to get these things.

I was in church a few months ago and I over heard a teenager saying that she needed an iphone. Normally, I would not be interested in that conversation and just listen in the background but the word need there was something that I could not over look.

As I sat and listened to here go on and on about how most of her friends now have iphones and she dosen't, I really wanted to know what she needed it for and so I asked.

You would not believe the answer I got. She had told me that her friend said that to have quality TikTok videos, one needed to have an iphone and that's why she needed one. So I went further to ask her the kind of videos she had in mind thinking she would probably say something to make me less angry but to even further annoy me she said she would just be dancing and wearing fine clothes and hopefully she'll trend.

Whilst most young people envy and want to be like their counterparts, I just wish that they would learn from the mistakes of their counterparts too.

Why do we all feel the need to want to do what the majority is doing. It's like it is a spirit that just calls and keeps calling for attention.

I was standing with a friend in church one day and she looked around and told me to sit and I asked her why? And she said I was the only one standing. I looked around and then I asked her is standing wrong? And she said No. So why then should I just sit because others are seated even when I don't feel like sitting?

That's how society is right now. People only go when they are certain that crowds are moving with them.

We should be intentional about our choices. Eat that food because it is what you want and not because someone else ordered it.

Buy a new bag because you want to and can afford it and not because you're the only one still using an old one.

We ought to remember that the habits and life we live today while we are young adults will stick with us even till we grow old cos habits and patterns are not so easy to break out off.

Do that thing because you want to, be intentional about that choice from now on.

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Author's Epilogue

Today turned out to be a good day. There's alot of tension in the air cos we are anticipating news about school resuming tomorrow after 8 months. Truth is I am not anxious at all, as I am surprisingly so calm. Let's see what tomorrow brings.

Thank you for your time..

Mhizrutty the voice of truth 🎵🎶🎵