Do you struggle to be relevant?

Hello Bounce! I think that being relevant is a human social need. In our daily activities, we feel the need to be considered important, especially to those that matter to us. Personally, I always wanted to feel needed by others. Perhaps it springs to my innate need to feel important and loved. If I felt that people don't view my presence important, I admit that I will feel bad. Thanks for bringing up this good topic! Happy mylotting!

I figured out the harshest truth. What is relevant can change in an instant. You will be forever keeping up and forever changing if you tried to just hang onto the curb, never mind stay ahead of the curb. The human race in general, well when you think about it, they are a very fickle sort. They can like and cheer something like its the greatest thing since sliced bread, it is cool, its hip, and its relevant. Then a week from now, it is really out of date and rather lame. Well that would be one of the more extreme examples but it is not that far of a stretch. I'll put this in the nicest way possible. I don't really care what others think of how hip I am, because their opinion is irrelevant to me(if you pardon the pun). The only thing in life that is relevant to me about how relevant I am is my opinion. I am not going to let a bunch of of fly by night bandwagon jumpers dictate what is relevant. Some people might be hung up on that and really that's your life. It's your choice to live it anyway, you want to. Just like its my choice, to answer to the one person that I'll have to every single morning, the person that looks in the mirror right back at me.

You are their dad, you are Relevant to them! And you will always will be.Ok to answer your question. I have always been more comfortable being invisible. That way I was free to be myself. I just did my thing. But the crazy thing is that I Am relevant at work. They told me so. I never tried to be or remain relevant Ever! I never thought what others thought of me , I was too busy thinking I wasn't worth anything anyway.So I just did what I Wanted to do. It was like I Knew I was damned so I did what I liked. so now to have others say they Really appreciate the Job I do is refreshing.

not anymore. life is what we make of it. not what other people tell us to make I will never do anything without wanting to do it everyone has their own idea of what we should do at any given time I don't mind listening to ideas, but I will never just follow these ideas without developing my own or at least agree with these ideas I am not looking to be popular, I was not as a child I don't care if I will be I live a good life. not winning lottery, not having all the branded expensive stuffs. but bills and debts are always paid and necessities are always met. accepted and relevant by society is not as important as accepting and relevant to myself

I was relevant once upon a time to my siblings and their families. But now that they are independent I am shelved in a corner and feel the irrelevance. But my advice to all. Be prepared for this eventuality and when one is prepared all is well.

We are social beings and we, in our nature, have this desire to fit in. We want to "belong" to a group. We long for a sense of belongingness. We want to fee accepted. That is why we struggle to be relevant as you said. Through this, we gain friends and meet people with whom we can bond with because of our common interests. These interests also lead us to understanding one's persona. :)

i guess i do. i write but write now i am only writing for triond because its easy and i really dont have to work at it (i work outside of the house plus i have health issues) but i normally only write about what i am interested in.

That's a tough one because there are different meanings of the word relevent. I think the artist probably meant just staying up to date with the latest music trends etc. It is hard for musicians to do such things. They want people to like them for their style.. but in order to make money they have to play the kind of music people want to hear. It definitely isn't easy.

I care what my family thinks and if I want to be successful, I have to care what the boss thinks. I think your right if one thinks about that enough. If I am not relevant in my position at work, why would they keep me there? I think it can apply just as much to the family too. I think I have a little less control over that one though. I mean..what can we do to remain relevant to them except to be supportive? I think thry have to be the ones to decide my relevancy in their lives. The things I am doing now is what will establishh that later I think. Great discussion.

i think it is important to be relevant. the word for me is not 'struggle' but 'try'. that way, the pressure is not too much. in the end, what would matter is not what others think but what He thinks.

Life is just that! A struggle to stay relevant. I have to keep up with technology as that is what keeps me employed. There is no point in losing out on oppertunities which give us progress in life. So it is a struggle thai I willingly face!

Though I find that I am quite unique, relevance to others are important as well. I am usually the one to try lots of things first which make me a bit unique. Because I feel I do have a good head on my shoulders the new things are usually well thought out so that I am not obsolete and or odd at all. I do care what others think as most anything and everything I do and or try is for the improvement and or betterment of me.

this is extremely a great thing to be noticed in everyday life. trying to be relevant is a trait which we do not notice generally in our daily life even if we are doing so. iit is important to be relevant and it is good if we try or struggle to be relevant if we are not relevant

I never have a problem of being relevant. I always see to it that i am in the middle, not old fashioned , yet not too modern. I like to be updated on whatever the fashion is, though not exactly having them for myself, but simply be informed about it. I see to it that i always see the news on TV so as to be updated with everything that is happening in the world and not be left out when friends or family gathers and discuss about them. I always try to be in contact with family members always and know how everybody is doing. Most of all, my husband and i see to it that we are always relevant to our daughter, though she's in a far away city studying.