Trying To Stay Humble

I’ve been scrolling on TikTok a lot lately. I’ve been a big homebody since classes started. I either go to classes, get food, see Violet, or retreat back to my room. TikTok has the power to bring the most random things to your attention. One person I’ve been seeing a lot lately is Ben Baller. I am not very familiar with this man. I’ve heard the name before, but I am not really aware of what he does for a living. You know the song that says “Ben Baller did the chain”? That’s where I know him from, so I thought he was a jeweler of some sort. Turns out, I’m not completely wrong; he is a jeweler of some sort. My reason for writing this post isn’t to discuss my newfound knowledge of this guy. It is to discuss the way he talks about himself. This guy is unbearable. He keeps popping up on my “For You Page,” and every video is of him walking around a convention center. It must be some kind of sneaker or hypebeast convention. Each and every single video is him bragging about something he has done or worked on. Now, I don’t think there is anything wrong with answering a question if someone asks you, but that isn’t what he is doing. He is going so far out of his way to mention all these things. I was wondering if it was just me who found it annoying, but it's not! The whole comment section was making jokes about him. Something I’m pretty proud of is my ability to stay relatively humble. I’m bad at proving myself, so I try to downplay everything. People say, “I hear you are pretty good at golf,” and the response will always be, “Oh, I’m just okay, thank you though.” My friend Charlie says it's quite annoying, actually. I’m pretty great at being alive, but I don’t go around saying that or writing three blog posts a week letting everyone know. I try my hardest in life to not be like Ben Baller, and you should too. It does make me wonder, where is the line drawn? If you are an Olympic athlete, I feel like you should be able to be as braggadocious as you want. Use that shit as an excuse for everything, I don't care. Is that the line? I’m not sure. Not only is this common on my “For You Page,” but also at school. People love to bring shit up when no one asks. Maybe I’m just a jealous little bitch and should go do something with my life. I feel like things should either be relative to what we are talking about or just nothing said. One more class today! Happy Wednesday, everyone!