I have been gone from my blog for almost a month now which is terrible! The past few weeks I have been in hibernation, I have gone through what I call the world analysis phase.
The weather has been horrible the past few weeks, it is freezing outside. Winter is practically here and I really believe we are going to have an ice cold winter! It is time to bring out the thermal gloves, sheep skin boots, long oversized winter coat and the hat which is 2 sizes bigger than my head. I have not worked much through the past few weeks with my agency and to be honest although financially Im struggling its actually been a good thing staying at home. The thought of going outside in the cold sends chills up and down my spine and being at home has given me time to catch up on things I have avoided.
My time at home I have read through magazines, watched a few tv programmes (mostly reality shows), read a few fashion/beauty/lifestyle and celebrity blogs. I have also spent time releasing, I shall explain what I mean by that somewhere within this blog.
Is it me or has the world gone crazy????, When did people become so vain? so fashion crazed? so greedy for money? so dedicated to their appearance alone? so career obssesed that they have no time for love, their families or friends?....... what has become of our world?
In every magazine I read all I saw was who has broken up with who, who is making a lot of money, who has the best dress sense, who has the best bodies in the world, advice on how to look like a certain celeb, diet tips to get a great figure, how to attract any man you want, sex positions advice and so on. Then reality shows all I could see was females who wake up and go to bed perfected with makeup and great hair, the lavish life styles they live, the foul language they use towards their families, the competitiveness between families, the money they spend. And as for the blogs its all about what great jobs their doing, promotions, expensive nice things they have just purchased, events they go to, luxury holidays, their celeb friends etc etc.
Now how is the average person supposed to feel when reading in to all of this? It now makes sense to me why we have a young generation of walking barbie dolls and wanna be p diddys. So many young people want to be famous and they want to be famous for all the wrong reasons. They just want to be seen and known by the world but what they really need to think about is what do they want to be known as and how do they want to be remembered? to be a legend is not about how much you spend, and how great your life is and how stunning you are 24/7. The greatest legends in this world had a talent and they worked extremely hard on their talent to create something that would leave a mark in this world. These legends are known and will be remembered for their talents not for the luxurious life they lived. For example Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Hugh Hefner, Audrey Hepburn, Bob Marley, Bruce Lee, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jordan and Oprah.
Some celebs love the fact that people admire them so much that they spend so much trying to look like them. It gives celebs more of a reason to use that to their advantage and create fashion lines, make up, perfumes etc that relate to themselves. It tells a person buy my products so that you can look or smell or feel like me. When in truth the real statement is "keep putting your money in my pocket, its what helps me continue to be a millionaire".I personally find it disturbing, I believe every person should have their own identity and should feel free to be who they truly are. If people could do this there would be a lot less people with insecurities and people would be more appreciative of their lives. And who knows you might actually have some money saved in your pockets as you would have no reason to go crazy with your spendings!
The amount of money the average person spends on trying to live the luxury life that these big time celebrities live is ridiculous, it is the reason why so many of us find it so hard to buy a house, buy a car, travel reguarly and have enough money saved in our bank accounts. As suddenly as people get paid they head straight to the shops to buy clothes, shoes, make up, get their hair and nails done, go out partying until their pockets run dry. Then the next week you wake up miserable as your low in funds!. It disgusts me how people can buy an expensive bottle on champagne and for a laugh pour it on each other, are they aware that this is a very disrespectful and selfish act! There are poor people dying from lack of drinking water and you throw money like its nothing.
I think people should stop and look at some of these celebrities their aspiring to be like and ask themselves how much do these people really give back to suffering communities? Because we see them performing for an aids show, or promoting on a red nose day advert or because they said theyve donated some money to a charity does that mean they are really giving back???.
Some of these celebs are big time millionaires! Wouldnt it be great if we saw a lot of them going to 3rd world countries and doing voluntary work there? and how about giving a school in a 3rd world country a big donation, or giving some of their unwated clothing to the poor. Why does it always have to be done through a charity organisation when we know fully well that charity organisations have thousands of staff that need to get paid, their campaigns cost money, marketing cost money etc etc so could all the money being donated really be going to the poor? in fact how much does really go to the poor???.
It is very sad to see as there are very poor people in the world who have nothing to eat, are unaware of peoples excessive spending and yet still remain smiling and holding on to faith. The thought of it has really made me appreciate my life and what I have, the times I thought I did not have much, I realise now to some I look like a millionaire when in reality I am far from it.
It gave me motivation to have a major clearout in my room, this is what I call the releasing stage. I used to have 2 wardrobes full of clothes and 3 huge cases of shoes, I now have 1 wardrobe of clothes and 1.5 cases of shoes. Yes ladies and gentlemen I have let go of some more of my beloved clothing and shoes which will be going either straight to charity or shipped to Ghana to some of the young people who deserve to have something very fancy in their wardrobe. Letting go of the clothing put the biggest smile on my face as I know I am doing something very good that can make a positive change in someones life. I never really knew how good I have had it, but now I see clearly and I am so grateful for what I have and my life! Now it is time for me to appreciate those who really deserve to have some of what we have and to do that I shall do my best every 6 months collecting clothes from friends and family and donating it to people directly in Ghana
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