Are you giving your "hater" power over your life?
There are many things about my generation that bother me on a daily basis, but one of the most annoying things has to be how much "haters" are referenced and acknowledged! Some people can't post one picture without giving a shout out to their haters and thanking their haters for giving them the motivation to "do what they do" (whatever that is). And most recently "haters" are being asked the same question repeatedly, "Are you mad or nah?"
I want to firstly address what people consider haters to be: Someone who is jealous of others and their accomplishments and instead of giving them credit for being awesome, they act as if they like nothing about that person out of pure jealousy!
Now that we all understand what a "hater" is, I want to elaborate on why it's pathetic to thank them for anything at any time. There's nothing truer than someone's actions speaking louder than their own words. You're saying that you're not phased by your haters by giving them a shout out every chance you get but your actions are saying the exact opposite. If you truly were not concerned with what others had to say about you then they would be non-existent in your life and most importantly non-existent in your picture captions! Why thank someone who has done nothing for you? Why ask if anyone is mad about your life when their opinion means nothing to you?
When someone that dislikes you sees that their being mentioned in every post you upload, they know that they control a portion of your mind! They now that even though you say you're "unbothered", what they say and do indeed bothers you. Don't give them that satisfaction!
Instead of thanking our haters for motivating us, we need to thank ourselves for being self-motivated to make the moves that got us to where we are. Instead of asking our haters if they're mad or nah, we need to ask ourselves are we truly happy? We all have had a hater or two, but let them do their job and make sure you're doing your job which is succeeding... without acknowledging them!
-Erica Xx
I want to firstly address what people consider haters to be: Someone who is jealous of others and their accomplishments and instead of giving them credit for being awesome, they act as if they like nothing about that person out of pure jealousy!
Now that we all understand what a "hater" is, I want to elaborate on why it's pathetic to thank them for anything at any time. There's nothing truer than someone's actions speaking louder than their own words. You're saying that you're not phased by your haters by giving them a shout out every chance you get but your actions are saying the exact opposite. If you truly were not concerned with what others had to say about you then they would be non-existent in your life and most importantly non-existent in your picture captions! Why thank someone who has done nothing for you? Why ask if anyone is mad about your life when their opinion means nothing to you?
When someone that dislikes you sees that their being mentioned in every post you upload, they know that they control a portion of your mind! They now that even though you say you're "unbothered", what they say and do indeed bothers you. Don't give them that satisfaction!
Instead of thanking our haters for motivating us, we need to thank ourselves for being self-motivated to make the moves that got us to where we are. Instead of asking our haters if they're mad or nah, we need to ask ourselves are we truly happy? We all have had a hater or two, but let them do their job and make sure you're doing your job which is succeeding... without acknowledging them!
-Erica Xx
