You Won't Always Get What You Want

After reading today’s article, it got me thinking about how we perceive people and their accomplishments. We as a society, it seems, recognizes accomplishments more if it comes with a struggle of some sort. Getting something easily and without effort is not as respected as it once was. I’m okay with that. It has always bugged me to see people get everything they want, with little to no effort. Whether that includes items or money, or even if it is a job or media gig, they get it without even trying. That pisses me off for many reasons because there are people working their asses off every day, in case, creating work, that go unrecognized and unappreciated. I could spend weeks to months working on a project that only a few people can see while a poorly made video can be made by some amateur and get millions of hits. It bugs me that our culture values publicity over production and I’m tired of being turned down because I don’t have the number of followers a business wants or they have already found someone, even though I contacted them before an event even became known of. And as I write this, I do realize I contradict myself in a sense about how society views this topic. Although there are occasions when people always get what they want and are recognized for it, there is nothing better than seeing someone get what they want because they put in the work and struggle to get to where they are. For myself, I feel that at the end of the day, if I’m not putting out work that makes me stressed out and emotional at some point, I’m not doing enough. I like having to work hard for what I get, especially in my craft, because it holds more value to others and me when I tell what it took to get where I am today. Life wasn’t made to be a blow off, but some treat it like it is and somehow succeed by doing that. I’m not okay with that and I’m not sure I ever will because I have been so used to fighting for what I want. I enjoy the challenge.