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Influence

There's a saying, ' you are an average of 5 people around you '. I believe it's true. But everything has to evolve with time, and that applies to this saying as well. People in India spend around 6-7 hours in front of the screen and if you are from this generation, most of it would be social media. You probably spend more time on those apps than with your best friends.  This changes the perspective entirely for that statement. Because now you have to consider the social media factor while considering the average.  When you are going through a phase in life (which is almost always) and you come across an Instagram post which is soo relatable and so called, ' motivational ' (which is also, almost always). You get motivated. You feel that you got a solution. It ' feels good '. You change your thoughts, your beliefs infact your values (temporarily).  The next day, you see another post, this time it says something different (maybe the first post told you, ...