Let’s talk serious business today. And by serious, I mean Instagram.
I have posted before about this article. The one that talks about Instagram’s Envy Effect.
“I keep having the same conversation over and over. It starts like this:
“I gave up Facebook for Lent, and I realized I’m a lot happier without
it.” Or like this, “Pinterest makes me hate my house.” Or like this: “I
stopped following a friend on Instagram, and now that I don’t see
nonstop snapshots of her perfect life, I like her better.”
“I gave up Facebook for Lent, and I realized I’m a lot happier without
it.” Or like this, “Pinterest makes me hate my house.” Or like this: “I
stopped following a friend on Instagram, and now that I don’t see
nonstop snapshots of her perfect life, I like her better.”
“Yikes. This is a thing. This is coming up in conversation after
conversation. The danger of the Internet is that it’s very very easy to
tell partial truths—to show the fabulous meal but not the mess to clean
up afterward. To display the smiling couple-shot, but not the fight you
had three days ago. To offer up the sparkly milestones but not the
spiraling meltdowns.”
conversation. The danger of the Internet is that it’s very very easy to
tell partial truths—to show the fabulous meal but not the mess to clean
up afterward. To display the smiling couple-shot, but not the fight you
had three days ago. To offer up the sparkly milestones but not the
spiraling meltdowns.”
It should come as no surprise to anyone who follows me, I love Instagram. Anything in my life is fair game and I don’t care who knows it. But, as a human, it should also come as no surprise that it’s really easy to shine a turd on Instagram as well–no one’s lives are as perfect as those pretty little filters.
In honor of such a stark realization (snark! sarcasm!), I decided I have some Instagram confessions to make.
Wow! A delicious looking dinner! The DIY pizza was, in fact, delicious. That crustless cheesecake tasted like absolute crap. |
Look really closely and you’ll spot my lazy eye. Oh yeah, sister has one and BADLY. |
I don’t even recall how many attempts this took to get the proper angle and reflection without my NEON PINK dress being included. The caption made no reference to that 😉 |
And I would be completely remiss not to include one of the (hundreds of) photos I used to post of Miss Maddie! Do you have any idea how difficult it is to capture animals with a slow iPhone?
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t experience a little FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) when I scroll through Instagram and see friends and family across the country (and far from Hawaii!) enjoying activities or food that I’d love to be a part of. Who wouldn’t?
But part of me also says to enjoy the here, the now and embrace everything for what it is–even if it’s not glamorous. Don’t worry, Instagram makes everything look pretty anyhow 😉