From Me, to Me.

Well, this is it. It’s your last social media bog post for RTA902. It’s also a letter to yourself about how your social media usage actually worked out for you in the end, in ways more than one.

Remember when you thought Facebook was terrifying? You signed up for an account on a random day in grade 7 with your cousin, because why not? It was all the craze, so you might as well bandwagon on it as you do anyways.

Your cousin agreed to show you the network one day when she had a chance. But, you decided to sign in one day — a decision that you thought was a bold move (trust me, it wasn’t). But yet, the second you left the homepage and navigated through other pages, you really thought the computer would crash and burn. You logged out. W h y.

I think the reason you were so scared was because it was a new world. Sure, you played on Neopets, but you never had a new social media account where you could post your own pictures and make yourself a public profile — something everyone could see. You also didn’t have someone show you the site itself, and you being you, always want assurance through someone demonstrating to you how it works.

Little did you know that each time you logged back in, you pieced together your future one step at a time. You began branching out, while still cautious, and you let yourself be absorbed by social media. Soon after, you signed up for Twitter, because let’s be real — those posts from Justin Bieber every 2 days just weren’t cutting it. Not when he was interacting with fans on a daily basis on Twitter.

I think that’s what set the world apart for you. You immediately began to realize that an artist can actually build their career from the bottom through social media. You just had to know how to use it right, while still being cautious (especially when you’re just 13–14 years old). You allowed yourself to immerse in it, experience it the way it should be, and it only works out to your favour.

I definitely didn’t think that you using social media would lead you to this point — being enrolled in RTA, and knowing that you want a future career in artist marketing through social media. You were too terrified about making sure that a network didn’t crash and burn your computer as you really had though it would. It caused you to open up to new things — especially a platform online where, if used with safety precautions, can be fun.

I think you have to allow yourself to step outside of your boundaries, especially when it comes to new social media platforms. It’s intended to be for fun, and if you hate it, just delete it. It’s not like it’s costing you your job or anything — unless you actually, truly screw up to the point beyond belief (I have faith you won’t).

With the world becoming technologically advanced, you allowed yourself to have a step in the right direction. It will only work to serve you in the future as you continue to strive for the stars. Just allow yourself to place a few boundaries that only work to protect you, and know that when something seems too good to be true — it probably is.

You’ve come a long way — and I’m proud of you. Keep going.