Do You Dare to Be the Glitter Bomb?

If anything, do it for yourself.

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Hey.

Yeah, you.

You’re hiding in a corner again, aren’t you?

I know your type. You think you’re so above all of it, don’t you? This is just one more party that isn’t cool enough for you.

The truth is that you don’t know anybody here at all, do you?

Oh, don’t look so surprised. Anyone can see you as if you’re an open book. You think you’re some esoteric textbook that scholars would pore over for time ad nauseum, but really you’re no better than a year-old copy of People magazine. You’re so outdated that you think J. Lo’s still with A-Rod. Get on social media already, you poseur.

It’s okay. We’ve all been there, thinking we’re better than the rest. Some of us get over it and realize we’re just filling ourselves up with hot air. But you? You still think you have a chance at flying like a balloon up in the clouds.

I hate to break it to you, but your life’s going to be ordinary.

You have some big dreams. We all do. But most of us get chained to a desk or a counter or a cash register. That bartender at your favorite watering hole? Yeah, she thinks she’s going places, but soon enough she’ll be 40 and still living off tips from her…