Beyond the Screen, Within Yourself.

Just a thought/perspective, always open to critics or different views.

Lately the feed and interactions have been amazing. But I came across a post mentioning how many 16-year-olds are here kinda awesome to see so many young people sharing their art. At the same time, I’ve seen some notes… and damn, it’s like a rollercoaster of emotions.

I get it. But sometimes I wonder does expressing too much online create a void of its own? Expectations start building, from others and from yourself. And that’s beautiful if it’s about things like sports, cartoons, or just normal teenage life.

But when most emotions are expressed online, I just hope the same is happening in real life too. Because sharing things in person hits different. Being consistent in a sport or passion, meeting people, making friends, those small fights, caring and sharing face to face, you actually feel it. You see smiles light up, or those blurry watery eyes when someone’s low. Keep most conversations in person, thoda sa online, and let that excitement and curiosity mess with your sleep haha.

Basically - fly, fall, try, meet, be happy, be angry, express… all that zidd, but in person.

Try experiencing more in real life, let that curiosity stay alive.

When I say expectations I remember at 16, I had a 2nd-hand cycle lol. Phones were mostly parents ke. If we said we were going somewhere, 1000 questions. So we’d just go no maps, just sticking together, waiting for each other, pacing up. We saw each other’s smiles, everything felt real. Today it’s easier calls, maps. I’m not blaming anything, just saying maybe try living a bit more of it in person during your teenage years.

(𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦,𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨… 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘭… 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭.)

I know not everyone has that freedom or privilege. I get that. But sometimes you gotta fight a small, healthy battle for it. Maybe even a little “healthy lie” here and there I did, toda lot ngl. But it was just cycling, playing beyblade, patang baazi, sneaking into Cyber’s for CS and GTA. I was good at those lies haha. Did I feel guilt? Yeah. Do I have regrets? Nooo.

Got a lot of scars from all the falls and fun. TBH, my teenage was crazy proper meri gully mein, mere gully mein scenes haha.

(𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺,𝘪 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 18. 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 4𝘬 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯. 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 4𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘢. 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵… 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘪’𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.)

If you have that freedom, use it to shape yourself.
Have fun, y’all during your teenage era!