It’s a strange new world, isn’t it? Where our self-worth, our very existence even, seems to be tied to a tiny little heart icon or a thumbs-up. Likes are the new currency, the new report card for our lives. YouTube trailers flaunt their “2 Million Views in a Day!” and suddenly, your carefully curated life moment with a humble 30 likes feels… inadequate. Like a Maggi noodle packet next to a five-star buffet.
We’ve moved the goalposts so far out, we can’t even see them anymore. “Millions” became the new normal, and anything less feels like a personal failure. You post something, maybe a happy memory, and it gets 100 likes. A few years ago, that would have been a party! Now? “Only 100? What’s wrong with me?”
But pause for a second. Seriously, just press the mental rewind button. Why are we even bothered about 100 random people liking our post? Think about it in real life. If you walked down a busy street in your brand-new outfit, and 100 random strangers stopped, gave you a thumbs-up, and cheered, wouldn’t that be… weird? And a little creepy? Like, are they watching my shoes? Yet, online, we crave this validation, and then feel sad when it doesn’t reach arbitrary, self-imposed heights.
Let’s put those “100 likes” into perspective. Imagine you walk into your local DMart or grocery store on a busy afternoon. It’s bustling, full of people—that’s probably about a hundred folks, maybe more. Now, picture this: as you walk through the aisles, every single one of those 100 people stops what they’re doing, looks at you, and gives you a genuine thumbs-up, saying, “You rock!”
Isn’t that an incredible feeling? That’s what 100 likes should feel like. It’s not a small number at all. It’s a small crowd, a tiny army of cheerleaders. Before the “millions” distorted our view, 100 actual human beings, genuinely connecting with something you shared, was a tremendous achievement. A mini-festival of appreciation, if you will.
So, here’s the chai-sipping wisdom for today: stop running after the phantom numbers. Stop letting likes define your worth or your day. Sometimes, after a grueling day battling traffic and deadlines, all you need is that one small thumbs-up from your child, or a genuine “I love you” from your spouse. That’s two likes. Two real, tangible, heart-warming likes. And trust me, those two are more than enough to fill your cup to the brim.
Keep doing what you love. The right people will see it. And sometimes, “enough” is just two.
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