How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Being Unknown

The biggest issue about being unknown is the off chance that you become famous or popular. For once you are known, you are no longer unknown and lose all underground street cred and anonymousness, very quickly; just ask just about every indie band over the last decade. They went big and lost their identity and pretty much there soul. Staying unknown is not easy, especially if you are awesome and/or talented. It takes discipline and laziness. You can go the mile, just not the extra mile. It is a way of living your life to the full, just not the fullest. Don’t get me wrong there is nothing wrong with being famous or popular, but their lives are full of very high expectations and massive failure is always right around the corner. Example Lindsey Lohan. You can reach personal success and all your dreams while still being unknown.

I know what you’re thinking, “who in their right mind wouldn’t want to be known and have many leather bound books?” To my knowledge everyone has their own reason to not want to be the BIG DEAL, just as much as others have reasons to want to be THE BIG DEAL. In the end I think it all comes back to one’s own personal freedom. You can do so much more of what you want if you are not a role model to millions of kids and be judged a lot less harshly by not having to meet others extremely high expectations. Example Miley Cyrus. I respect everyone that actually attempts and tries to go after their dreams, but I lack respect to those that personally sell out to get there. Those that compromise to the point of losing sight of what they truly wanted to do and loved about what they were doing.

I should stress that I am not saying DON’T be a role model and that you should avoid any opportunity that you might fail. I think failure is a rite of passage and you learn more from failing then succeeding. I am trying to say that fame and popularity puts you under a certain microscope that gives people what they assume is there ‘rite’ to dissect you like a frog and judge away at your inner workings. Whereas the more unknown you are the less you get judged and the less ‘other voices’ you hear in your head pulling you around.