Instagram Confessions

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.”

“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.”

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.

This photo took about 10 minutes to take and ended in an argument about uploading photos to Instagram (ironically). Dane’s hand wasn’t making the shape I wanted it to, I couldn’t fit the palm tree in the photo, the sun was setting too quickly, and all to get a super cheesy photo…to post on Instagram.

Look really closely and you’ll spot my lazy eye. Oh yeah, sister has one and BADLY.

On the fourth try, I finally was able to write this and snap a photo without a wave completely erasing it, all while tourists of all types watching me fumble around on the shoreline like an idiot. AND ALL IN THE NAME OF TRYING TO BE CRAFTY!

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 😉


We had gone to Home Depot to purchase plants and I was so excited I wanted to pot them IMMEDIATELY. As in, at 9:30 at night when we got home. Nevermind that we had to wake up at 4a.m. for work–it had to be done THEN! Dane was far from amused.

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?


Because doesn’t everyone make their dog bacon waffles for breakfast? This was mere moments before her stealthy self snapped it from my fingers and the photo was completely blurred. What’s a girl to do except make another waffle and try again?

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 😉

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