Are you obsessed with the right things?

As I was searching through my fellow classmates’ blogs today I came across one interesting post on Julia Chiu’s Blog. In this blog she had stumbled upon an ad put out by the Breast Cancer Foundation of Singapore, and it had a woman’s bare chest painted over with an image of another woman with messy hair. The ad read “Are you obsessed with the right things?” and Julia commented how the main point of this ad was to tell people to be less worried about their appearance and more on their health. She also mentioned how effective the ad was in grabbing the attention of the viewer as ads like these aren’t something we see everyday. I would have to agree with everything that Julia pointed out. I found this ad to be extremely effective and it had a clear message that could be understood by everyone. I feel that in recent times, people have become more obsessed about the way they look while pushing their physical health and well-being aside. Pop culture is a big influence in everyone’s lives whether we like it or not, and its those “perfect” figures in pop culture that fuel the obsession over looks. People think that to be popular or liked they must look like what pop culture deems as perfect, and some even take drastic measures such as plastic surgery or rapid weight loss, to achieve this status. People should be less focused on their outer appearances and start taking care of themselves so that they will be healthy and beautiful in their own way.