My inquiry project conveys how the good life portrayed on social media is so easy to fake, but these unreachable goals push people to try and reach these impossible levels of perfection. My inquiry project is a combination of photos showing how easily I can change myself to influence what other people think of me. Through social media I can show the world any version of myself I want to, even a fake made up version. Clothes, makeup, good photographers, good backdrops, etc. are all things that can completely change the way people think of you after seeing your social media profile. But if it is so easy for people to change themselves and portray their lives in different ways, how can we determine what we should actually strive to have in life.
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There are extreme forms of perfectionists, but the reading really helped me to understand how you don’t have to see yourself as a perfectionist to be one. There are different aspects to being a perfectionist, it infects your life starting from one section. But perfectionists don’t stop with the image they put out there, it comes down to their emotional and even physical health as a result of what they put on themselves. Because perfectionists are so afraid of something going wrong, they are unable to make the risk necessary for growth. Many avoid adversity at all costs, so not only do they not grow, but they don’t know how to healthily deal with adversity that occurs to them that they can’t avoid. They expect that life(if they try hard enough) will be all flowers and sunshine, but it's not. Life is not easy, but it is the good moments that make the bad ones worth it. Because of what we see on social media affects what we think is perfect and normal, perfectionists essentially try to achieve that but in real life. This can lead to unhealthy habits and dangerous mental diseases such as depression, and eating disorders(anorexia & bulimia). But it can also be seen in situations where people suppress their “sad” feelings and refuse to deal with things that don’t fit into their perfect lifestyle. They begin to reject accomplishments, and refuse to believe that those …show more content…
I need to learn how to balance out a healthy aspect of school in my life. In my family we have grown up hearing that anything less than an A isn’t good enough. I don’t blame my parents for pushing my siblings and I, but this standard has been engrained in my mind since day one. It might take a little more work than expected to allow myself to take risks and mistakes in that area. Especially because it not only means a lot to myself, but also to my parents. But the work towards an optimalist state is never over. And I need to learn how to let life takes it path, and not worry as much about the little things. But that doesn’t mean I stop pushing myself, it is about finding a healthy medium, that challenges me but refrains from putting too much stress on me. Social media is something that puts pressure on almost every single teen. You never know how you are going to fit into what social media atmosphere. So we try our hardest and push ourselves to fit an ever changing mold of what society tells us to be. But in this class, we broke down the fundamental aspects of “The Good Life” and we proved that you don’t need those things to make you happy. In fact, we proved that trying too hard to achieve those goals could leave us miserable and
There are extreme forms of perfectionists, but the reading really helped me to understand how you don’t have to see yourself as a perfectionist to be one. There are different aspects to being a perfectionist, it infects your life starting from one section. But perfectionists don’t stop with the image they put out there, it comes down to their emotional and even physical health as a result of what they put on themselves. Because perfectionists are so afraid of something going wrong, they are unable to make the risk necessary for growth. Many avoid adversity at all costs, so not only do they not grow, but they don’t know how to healthily deal with adversity that occurs to them that they can’t avoid. They expect that life(if they try hard enough) will be all flowers and sunshine, but it's not. Life is not easy, but it is the good moments that make the bad ones worth it. Because of what we see on social media affects what we think is perfect and normal, perfectionists essentially try to achieve that but in real life. This can lead to unhealthy habits and dangerous mental diseases such as depression, and eating disorders(anorexia & bulimia). But it can also be seen in situations where people suppress their “sad” feelings and refuse to deal with things that don’t fit into their perfect lifestyle. They begin to reject accomplishments, and refuse to believe that those …show more content…
I need to learn how to balance out a healthy aspect of school in my life. In my family we have grown up hearing that anything less than an A isn’t good enough. I don’t blame my parents for pushing my siblings and I, but this standard has been engrained in my mind since day one. It might take a little more work than expected to allow myself to take risks and mistakes in that area. Especially because it not only means a lot to myself, but also to my parents. But the work towards an optimalist state is never over. And I need to learn how to let life takes it path, and not worry as much about the little things. But that doesn’t mean I stop pushing myself, it is about finding a healthy medium, that challenges me but refrains from putting too much stress on me. Social media is something that puts pressure on almost every single teen. You never know how you are going to fit into what social media atmosphere. So we try our hardest and push ourselves to fit an ever changing mold of what society tells us to be. But in this class, we broke down the fundamental aspects of “The Good Life” and we proved that you don’t need those things to make you happy. In fact, we proved that trying too hard to achieve those goals could leave us miserable and