As I was scanning through social media, I came across trending videos of people eating grapes under a table and shortly after there is a reel of them living their best life. I had many questions running through my mind like what did grapes have to do with living an ideal life? Why eat grapes under a table? Where did this trend begin? What are the expected outcomes? What are the repercussions? The web of endless questions sent me down a rabbit hole of discovery and this is what I learnt about the 12 grapes under the table ritual.
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How Expectations Shape Our Performance: The Pygmalion Effect
Pygmalion Effect demonstrates how others expectations can greatly impact our delivery. If someone we respect or want to impress believes we will succeed, it influences our perception of ourselves. It could be the difference between you believing that you will achieve your dreams or that you will never amount to anything.
Why ‘Being Delulu is the Solulu’ Matters for Youth
Everyone has an absurd story of how they have witnessed a Gen Z and confidently call out someone older in whatever set up for an injustice they had observed. In a recent trend, Gen Z came up with the mantra “being delulu is the solulu”. When we talk about delusion, it triggers a different reaction from different generations. The older generation will probably say, “that’s a terrible way to live, just go out there and work like the rest of us.” However, the younger generation have a contrary opinion. With the new world order, things are not favorable for the young generation. Learned but no jobs, more liberal but misunderstood, and more confident but considered entitled. Now this is where the mantra comes in and serves it’s purpose.
Why Are We Drawn to Fictional Characters? Exploring Lithromantic Feelings
A lithromantic is an individual who likes someone but doesn’t want the person to reciprocate romantic feelings or be romantic and if the other party does, they lose interest. Is this pattern starting to sound a little familiar? The romantic attraction starts to fade upon reciprocation and being single doesn’t faze you.
JOMO (Joy of Missing Out)
JOMO refers to the pleasure that is derived from living a quiet or independent way without the anxiety of missing out. You tend to focus more on what makes you happy and what makes you contented.
FOMO(Fear of Missing Out)
Fear, at the center of it all. Fear of being alone, of missing out on experiences and opportunities. Fast forward and I am now an adult. Same girl, same dreams, still afraid but now an evolved kind of fear. The fear of missing out.
EUPHORIA VS DESPAIR (Limerence)
Limerence is the obsessive infatuation with a specific person. It can go to lengths of delusion where you become utterly obsessed with a celebrity in a different continent and you build your entire life around them because you’re convinced you two are meant to be. That foolish strong love and interest in someone creates an attachment where you feel the irrevocable urge to be with this person; limerent object.
LIABILITY TO AN ASSET(Invest in yourself)
“You can’t keep doing the same things over and over with the same pattern and expect different results,” is a phrase we have all heard at least once in our lifetime but do we really pay attention to the intention behind those words? I have taken interest in finance and I came across some interesting terms that I think we should all apply in our everyday life. Invest, liability and asset.
PRETTY PRIVILEGE
Pretty privilege is an infamous term that refers to economic, social and political benefits made for both men and women merely based on their physical appearance.
ALONE BUT NOT LONELY(Solitude)
“What if you encounter a toxic person or violent person?” I inquired from him. ” It’s better than being alone, “he answered. And that friends, is where my pursuit to convince him to try solitude started.
JUST SAYING 