YEARS ago now, there was this really popular song called ‘Nobody’s Perfect’ by the sweet little Hannah Montana.
I, along with a million other 10 year olds, sung our hearts out to that song.
Sure, it was auto tuned to death and it’s not like Miley Cyrus actually wrote the song, but the pretence is the same. You think that society would have paid attention.
There is no such thing as PERFECT. It doesn’t exist. It’s a word that can only relate to fairytales and even Cinderella had her problems.
I know that most of my daily conversations with people involve us girls talking about how perfect Kendall Jenner’s body is or how perfect Taylor Swift’s legs are.
We envy the perfect people. We sometimes realise that we can’t achieve this perfection. It’s usually a self-confidence thing, but it doesn’t stop us from trying.
Another flaw in our feelings towards the word perfect, often involves the fact that it is usually all about the women.
Women have to try and achieve the perfect body. We have to have the perfect wardrobe, hair, nails and mannerisms.
We have to always be one step ahead of ourselves, always ready to impress. Clawing at the hope that someone might associate us with the word “perfect”.
But what about the men? Do they not have to try and achieve the perfection? We don’t often see it but it does exist.
Men don’t have to look like Kendall Jenner, but they are expected to look like Micheal Fassbender. They are expected to go to the gym, be well dressed and so many other things that I can’t even imagine.
It is the same. We are all human people. It is the same pressure.
It is the same chip that is built into our brains to aim for this perfection. How can we all be hardwired to aim for this ‘perfect’ existence?
Being a 21st Century teenager, I am really hoping that someone can decode these hardwire settings and come up with a solution. But since technology can often fail us, I can only hope that people will stop focusing on being ‘perfect’.
We all have our own imperfections that make us individuals. I don’t want to be a fairytale princess thank you very much.
Also while we are at it, can we stop using the word ‘tumblr’ as an adjective. No one really knows what it means…
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