Don’t desire to be a celebrity:

Don’t desire to be a celebrity.

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Celebrities are here one day, gone the next.

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The shit show of a life they have to deal with is hard to understand for most people.

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Sure they may have a nice house, a nice car, and get to meet pretty people but they’re just as fucked up as you and I.

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I can imagine most of them are even more fucked up than the average person.

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The chase for fame and ego is always a losing one.

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It’s easy to let success get to your head when everyone’s telling you how great you are.

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Celebrity and fame can corrupt a person’s psyche into believing they’re better than other people.

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They’re not.

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Most of them just got lucky.

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The Kardashians and Di-Mello’s of the world have made people believe that having everyone watch your every move is a good thing.

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It’s not.

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You can’t screw up.

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Mistakes are magnified.

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You have no privacy.

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You or your family’s lives could be threatened. Ask Kim K about her experience in Paris.

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You’re always a target.

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You’re constantly trying to keep up with the game of attention.

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Keeping up with likes and followers chasing this never-ending desire to be validated by the outside world.

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Getting in on the latest trend or constantly being in the news to make sure people are always looking at you.

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That’s a losing battle.

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How can you grow as a person and really understand yourself if you never have time to step away?

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If you never have time to be alone with yourself?

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You can’t.

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I honestly feel bad for some creators and influencers because after a few years, they may finally realize they don’t love the game their playing. 

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This desire to become famous and have the world watch them is not really what they wanted.

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You need to love the game you’re playing, not the outcomes or desires of the game.

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I’m not doing this for fame or celebrity. I’m doing this for impact and legacy. 

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I’m doing this so someone can learn something from what I’ve done and help themselves understand the world a little better.

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I’m also doing it because I love it. 

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I genuinely love writing on a blank page about random topics trying to better understand myself. 

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If fame and celebrity come as a byproduct of this, so be it but I would be doing this anyway. 

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I have been for a year and a half mostly in silence.

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I needed to take the time with myself to understand if I loved the game for the game’s sake or for the outcome’s sake.

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As Partice Evra and the last little while have taught me - I LOVE THIS GAME!

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Love the game, not the celebrity that comes with it.

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Don’t desire to be a celebrity, desire to have an impact.

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