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The Tyranny of the Ordinary

One upon a time, not long long ago, being average was not a crime. In fact, it was encouraged. Once in a blue moon you would be exposed to how exceptionally well X's son/daughter was doing. It was just about OK to get decent grades, do decently well in college, get a comfortable job, get married and the inevitable have kids. Such a blissful world, the only world that you could see was till how far you could actually see. Your gaze might have ordinarily stopped at the toys your neighbour had and that probably was the only source of your envy.
It's 2016, and now you can see as far/long as you are willing to search the internet. Youtube is crowded with these kids(?I guess I can call them that) running successful youtube channels. Some of them well they are just talking/logging their mundane life! The internet is bubbling with people doing exceptional, unorthodox things.
They don't make movies about the girl next door, unless she also happens to have over a million followers on social media. This is not a good time to be alive, if you don't have a "passion" that you can follow. We are living in a world of jargons.  #YOLO


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