The problem with the society in this recent times is not considering what is realistic and what is fake, but have continued to push many kinds of lifestyle they call standards to the people with intensity to live a perfect lifestyle. I see this practice as a way of making people not to believe in themselves rather, they live false lifestyles just to keep up to what they believe is the standard. I also see this as what change has brought to us as the the world 🌎 keeps evolving.

And I began to ask myself questions like: who is setting this standards? How did it come about? And what are the set out achievements to this lifestyle where many are struggling to push so hard because they want to be like others? An unrealistic lifestyle that many keeps regretting even while they keep still trying to live it.

I believe all these are man made thoughts that has no significance. And the worst of it all is that this era known as the jenzy era called the youths have subjected themselves into so many pressures because they want a fast pace lifestyles to meet up with others they see and watch. It could also mean because times has taken away the old system of living when it comes to how the computer 💻 era and innovation changed everything into a system with fast pace bringing more awareness to how people should also involve with time.

The standards the society has set with constant changes is putting so much pressure to as many who wants to believe in the society standards because I know of many who are still living their normal lifestyle ignoring the standards set by the society. Why will I be forced to move into a Duplex of 5 bedrooms apartment because one or two of my friends are living in a duplex? It might be because they have a better job than I do, or that their husbands are richer than mine. And it could also mean that my husband snd I will rather want to save up to build our own place with time which practically will make us stay in a smaller apartment on the process.

A friend of mine told me sometime ago how the junior sister of about 31 years is complaining of marriage because her friends are all getting married. I just decided to laugh 😆 my heart ♥ out before telling her what to say to the sister. “Its not he who started the race that wins”. Everything has its own time because that is how God works. “Walking past our shadows is never possible” Life should be a gradual process or we become victims of regret.

Giving in to pressures is one big mistakes to life because we want to satisfy the society and their unrealistic set standards. A cousin of mine who finished university and was lucky to secure a good job, although he is heading to about 33 now. His parents was already telling him how he should bring a wife material to them to see. What crap I shouted! Why the sudden pressure? The mother said because “time waits for no body”. My question to them was what of if has not gotten a job? Or that you as his parents are still feeding him? They could not answer my question. These are the very issues of living unrealistic lifestyle because the mother had a friend that the son wedded few months ago.

I believe its in our hands to make the right decisions and take the best actions deemed necessary at all times especially of those that concerns us. We.should not allow the society to keep pushing us to accept what we know is not right for us. And believing in others should not be what we should conform to when it comes to certain lifestyles . We as humans are created differently and should have opinions and mindset to life and our environment.

This is my response to the #hiveleaners featured content for week 188, edition 03, tagged “UNREALISTIC STANDARDS”.