Before I get started...I want to make sure you know this is my PERSONAL blog. This is in no way affiliated with my employers.
I have also written something similar, but some recent events have happened, and there aren't many people in my life who understand what I go through on social media, so here it goes.
I have been blessed beyond belief in so many ways with how my career has been progressing. Mind you, I'm the most impatient person in the world so there are days I second guess myself and am annoyed that I am not working for ESPN or Fox Sports 1, but I have to remember my hard work will eventually pay off.
So naturally, as I'm trying to make a name for myself in this industry, there are several people who are trying to ruin it for me. I realize you're supposed to "ignore it and let it go," but you're full of shit if you act like it doesn't bother you. If you notice there are a lot of athletes and celebrities who rarely reply to tweets and messages on social media (not saying it's a bad thing) unless it's something negative, then a response usually occurs.
Why is that? Why is it that we can take all of the compliments and positive things that are being said to us and let them roll off of our minds, but the moment something negative is introduced, we let that small phrase, the minute sentence, stick to us like glue?
I've stumbled upon a group of females that I used to consider being cool with. We had even exchanged secrets at one point. Now, through the circles I hear the most terrible things being said about me. And it's hurtful. In this case, I didn't just sit and let it happen, I confronted one of them, and received no response. Like the coward she was, she did not respond and blocked me from every social media outlet that we were "friends" on.
Which is okay. I don't need negative people like that in my life.
The strangest thing is: these women are trying to make it in this industry as well. We are supposed to support one another, be there for one another, and yet here I am dodging bullets that are being shot at me from behind a phone case.
I have been called every name on social media from a cleat chaser to a dumb bitch, and that is okay. I love that on social media you can say whatever the hell you want, but when you put the phone down and the people you ignore on social media are right in front of you, what can you think? It's scary.
I just feel if you're the type of person who will only talk shit over social media, and not to my face (ahem A's Fan Fest) then really, I would love it if I could block you from my real life as well. And that is exactly what I am going to do. I don't have to deal read 140 characters from you, retweet a #hashtag, or give you a star that you do not deserve.
I really don't understand it, and perhaps I never will.
