Why now?

 

    In a general sense, we use articles every day, and then again, I feel like they've been so underutilized as of late. Not to repeat the same phrases everyone else uses constantly, but with the prevalence of AI in 2025, I don't even see people getting recipes from mommy bloggers anymore. Sad to watch that become a dying art, but then again, you're the one who kills it. I could get recipes from them still, last blog post being 2017, and then you think, hmm, all their kids probably grew up. While that's not important to making chocolate chip cookies or muffins or whatever, it does make me feel old. I don't want to have to be confronted with the passage of time and the feelings that bring up when I am just trying to satisfy a sweet tooth craving. 

    I feel the need to add my opinions to the world. To sort of add to the white noise that already surrounds us. I feel left out essentially, which, let’s be honest, there's nothing new happening there. I'm kind of unwilling to be a vlogger or any sort of video content creator, because that feels embarrassing, and the idea of my digital footprint being that inexpungible terrifies me. I know most things worth doing are a bit embarrassing because what is worth accomplishing doesn't come at the cost of being known. I love being fully aware of that fact and still knowingly disregarding it. Which is what I believe 99% of people on my college campus are running on the philosophy of: “I will not speak unless spoken too”. Every time I choose to break out of that habit, I make a new friend... Or have the most awkward interaction ever. See pie chart. 

    Although one thing I have noticed if I decide to just “claim” someone as a best friend in a kind of presumptuous way, people oddly seem to resonate with that. It kind of puzzles me because you would think it wouldn't be the case, and people would buck against the idea of you being their best friend just because you say so. My theory is that it works because of a combination of people have a not-so-hidden craving for attention and some form of the law of attraction. Either way, that method has not yet failed me.