I am a very vocal person. Yes, obnoxiously vocal, why else would I write blogs every week about my very important opinions? But, one unpopular opinion of mine I have yet to speak of is that everything I do is for attention. Pause; go ahead and roll your eyes, because I am too. I actually haven’t seen the world straight on for months because they’re always so far rolled back in my head at how annoying I am.
From the moment I drag myself get out of bed, I am already focused on my goal for the day: get enough attention to satisfy this fickle little heart of mine, and repeat the same process again tomorrow. Now, I’m not saying that I’m completely obsessed with my self-image (but I so am), what I’m saying is every clever thought that I have automatically goes into my notes so that I can later tweet it, I work out solely so I can get the “you look great” comment every once in a while, and I definitely only did my makeup so I could post a selfie on snapchat to have a certain somebody reply to it with heart eyed emoji’s. Don’t let my perfectly matching workout outfits fool you either, I’m just your average tomato-faced, dry heaving individual, slowly dying on a stair stepper every time I step foot into the gym. However, I love improving myself; I’m a natural born go getter and almost always cross the thin line between being motivated and just being extra. I cram my social calendar with duties I know I can’t actually commit to, but I will most certainly brag about all of my “accomplishments”. Yes, all of this is completely shallow, and slightly exaggerated, but I would bet that this reality doesn’t stop at just me.
Several girls, and boys, the desperation for attention doesn’t discriminate; also fight this major problem on a daily basis. Everything we do is for attention. Whether it be attention from a good college, the cute boy who randomly liked all of your posts on Instagram the other night (yes, I see you), from friends, your enemies, or even just a complete stranger that you want to impress, we are always searching for some form of attention. If I have learned anything in my seventeen years, it’s that it really isn’t about how good you actually are at what you do, it’s how good you made these gullible people think you are at what you do.
So, to all of my fellow attention seekers, don’t be ashamed of your ways. We are all stuck in the same boat of just trying to make ourselves likeable. Instead of trying to ignore this elephant in the room, let’s embrace it. After all, we are all just a bunch of attention whores trying to make it in this cruel, cruel world.
