Today's younger generation is high-speed, smart, and they have everything that they need for a good future. But the problem is that their focus goes in the wrong direction, and there are many distractions like social media, drugs, toxic relationships, a glamorous lifestyle and the pressure to show off to each other.
In such a situation, what is needed is left behind, and the younger generation now lives in a world of comparison, where some have better phones and others have branded clothes. Someone's Instagram profile is classy. Engrossed in all these things, they have forgotten the meaning of real life, and when they don't have all these things, they feel that they cannot do anything in life. Due to this pressure, sometimes they come in contact with the wrong people. Sometimes they adopt wrong habits.
The craze for drugs, alcohol, vaping, etc. is increasing, and it all starts casually, maybe for fun or peer pressure, but then it becomes an addiction. Then it becomes an addiction, and people say, What's the harm in trying something once, and when does it become a habit? You never know. The problem arises when you cannot live without something. Be it your phone, party, show or anything else. The sad thing is that by the time a person realises it, a lot of things have happened. Time, energy, mental peace, everything gets wasted.
Nowadays, relationships have become a reason. Love and emotions of negativity have become a game, and in the name of time passing, people play with feelings, and when someone's heart breaks, they go into depression, and to escape the pain, they turn to the wrong things. Like drinking too much, staying in a lonely place, or simply isolating themselves from the world. Not everyone has friends to share and when there is no one to listen, the anger hidden inside becomes dangerous.
Social media has also changed a lot. Today's youth is more interested in looking perfect than showing their real self. They keep running after filters, followers, everything. Those people who struggle in real life fail. They get left behind. Everyone has seen the highlights, and then the hard young person thinks that my life is useless. Depression, anxiety, and lack of confidence have become the reason for this Fake world.
Another big problem is instant gratification. In today's time, no one likes to wait and wants everything now. Patience is needed, whether it is success, love or money. No one has patience, and in this process, people start looking for shortcuts. People fall for scams, get into online betting, and put themselves at risk in this race for fast money. The value of that hard work and process has vanished.
The distance from family and elders is also increasing, and earlier we used to talk to our parents. Now we talk on the phone screen. When family members understand something, they feel that they have backwards thinking. But when something goes wrong in life, then we remember that they were honest, but by then, a lot of time passes and both respect and understanding are missing.
A lot of people these days are living in fake happiness and smiling from the outside, but pain from inside, and no one knows that there is a person mentally broken near them, and this generation has everything but no peace and They don't have confidence, and the worst part is that they don't even want to take help because they think people will judge them, and because of this, they start suffocating in more darkness.
Change will come only when the person understands that life is not a competition but a journey, and everyone's time is different, and everyone has different things and if one connects with oneself, leaving behind competition, validation and pretence, then the real meaning of life is understood, and real happiness is found only by that person and also by inner peace.
Everyone makes mistakes, and walking on the wrong path can also be a problem, but getting stuck on that problem is like ending your life, and it is more important than ever. The youth who are putting their energy in the wrong place need proper guidance and patience. If they put their energy in the right direction, they can do wonders. But first of all, they have to tell themselves the truth that I am doing the right thing, and am I living the way I should live?
If we are in any bad habit, any addiction or are feeling lonely, then talk to someone and take help, it is not weakness and understanding and controlling your emotions is bravery, and sometimes it is better to walk slowly than to sit and running fast in the wrong direction does more harm than walking slowly in the right direction and youth has the power to change the world Just don't waste it in the wrong place and awaken the goodness within you. Follow your dreams. You get life only once without any pressure. Learn to live it with understanding and not to save it, only then your future can be bright, a future full of peace, without regrets and without needing fake validation.