But thanks to social media, purpose and meaning have become conflated with glamour
This statement essentially eclipses what social media has done to society. Social media has made society confuse purpose and meaning with glamour. Social media has created an unrealistic picture as to what society should be.
As students head to school this year, they should consider this: You don’t have to change the world or find your one true purpose to lead a meaningful life.
Although many feel as if they need to contribute to something very big, the author is explaining how in order to feel meaning and purpose, many can contribute to something simple that may hold a special meaning to them. Something that holds meaning to one person may not hold meaning to another. Even chores around the house can provide someone with the sense of meaning that they need to feel purpose and importance.
One research study showed that adolescents who did household chores felt a stronger sense of purpose. Why? The researchers believe it’s because they’re contributing to something bigger: their family
The author is using logos as he provides data to support the argument presented. The data explains how adolescents who did household chores felt a stronger sense of purpose solely because they feel a sense of responsibility in something other than themselves. By doing chores, many people feel the important sense of duty, which is very important.
People love to blame procrastinators for their behavior. Putting off work sure looks lazy, to an untrained eye. Even the people who are actively doing the procrastinating can mistake their behavior for laziness.
The author brings up a couple of great points here. Most people would describe putting off work as laziness, but as the author explains throughout the essay that procrastination is a result of a functioning problem, rather than laziness. Simply put, procrastination looks similar to lazinesses, or a result of laziness, even to those who consider themselves procrastinators.
Few people who haven’t been homeless think this way. They want to moralize the decisions of poor people, perhaps to comfort themselves about the injustices of the world.
The author is explaining how people who are not homeless cannot really speak on the issues that homeless people have with addiction and mental health. The author also provides the reader with a potential reason for the thought process that non-homesless people have when thinking about giving a homeless person money, which they could then use for drugs.