In the olden days, all that mattered was a good job that would set up a good life. In the last few years, we have become part of a new world that has a different set of ideologies about life and career paths. However, there is still a struggle for young people when it comes to acceptance, even from their parents. Priorities and choices have changed for many and yet, they still struggle for acceptance. The older generation is still looking for clones while young people are spending their time trying to create and develop new lifestyles. Their potential abilities and energy are not appreciated and they are forced to live a life their parents want them to, even if it is filled with outdated concepts.
Parents will give more importance to education and they will make sure that their kids get the best of all. But the sad part is when they do not care about the things that are said in the name of education, the ideas that are being followed, with their childrens’ own ideas not taken seriously.
They are forced to work their regular 9-5 with only one idea, which is that of their older ones and they are trained in the same mould. If you take a walk through a flea market, you can see the most creative inventions of many young people who are not even 23 and still manage to have a strong base and come up with their own business ideas and who also have great potential skills. Girls and boys nowadays come up with new ideas at a very young age and they work for it and become entrepreneurs really early.
One of the things that children learn is they go in search of more interesting things to make their product unique, with concepts and ideas that they come up with. This is not a typical adult job! Understanding these new ideas is something very difficult, but parents treat their kid’s ideas and business as a hobby. Travelling, food blogging and even sitting at home and reviewing a movie is now a valid job title. But they are not taken seriously. Many people are trapped by common concerns of marriage and other life events expected by society. Many of them are changing the city just to keep them away. There might be a lot of them sitting inside a box, despite having immense potential, because of their families. It is not all the work that goes into the fruits of all; A saviour from all evils! So if there is no home and no help, how many ideas and skills will come to the fore? Who can rise above all those who have no talent? What is the difference between those who are broke and those who are in the middle of a 9 to 5 job? It’s all about giving a chance to yourself and your talents.
Prajwal Xavier is a calligraphy artist who intertwines old lettering styles and modern day evolved designs.
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