Before you read on - WARNING this is a pathetic teenage girl rambling on about extreme first world problems that are probably not blog worthy at all.
I've realised (not exactly recently) that social media has had a controlling reign over my life. I mean the amount of time spent on my phone and laptop is ridiculous.
Even when I'm in the outside world (reality a.k.a not in front of a screen) social networking is still part of the regime. It sounds sad but most of my events involve me wondering what will be a nice Instagram post? What witty caption will accompany the photo? If this isn't Instagram worthy should I just Snap story it instead? IT MAY SOUND FUNNY BUT IN REALITY IT TRANSLATES TO MY VERY SAD EXCUSE OF A LIFE.
Instagram is definitely one of the more wider known and used social platforms. However, it has crossed my mind that most of our followers probably only take 2 seconds to scroll over a photo, double tapping to 'like' it; Whereas we may end up spending over a hundred times more time and effort into finding the right angle/lighting/caption. I'M COMPLETELY GUILTY OF THIS SO EVERYTHING I WRITE IN THIS POST IS ACTUALLY A SELF CONFRONTATION. But I figured I may as well say what everyone else is thinking anyways...right? (please tell me I am not the only one out there who has been thinking this for a while now)
Moving along, there's so many other sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Tumblr, and the worst of them all YOUTUBE. I don't know about you, but I sometimes find myself laughing into the early hours of the morning whilst binge watching videos on youtube channels. It has come to the point where I simply use youtube to procrastinate EVERYTHING. I no longer just procrastinate assessment, I PROCRASTINATE LIFE.
Often when I wake up, the first thing I do is grab my phone and end up on social media sites yet again. Instead of getting out of bed and starting my own day, I spend time scrolling through dashboards...reading and seeing photos based on OTHER people's lives. I mean if you think about it...how weird is that. OKAY SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME IM NOT THE ONLY ONE SO I DONT FEEL LIKE A COMPLETE LOSER.
ALSO, if you give it a thought...phones have actually become - well in my case, a safety net. If I need to copy notes to revise for a test I simply take a photo of it on my phone. Even in social situations, it is my safety net. I don't know about you, but in any type of slightly awkward situation, the first thing I reach for is my phone as I aimlessly scroll around in order to not look so awkward.
Even when I'm out with friends I find myself reaching for my phone during every spare minute.
E.g
I HAVE JUST STUMBLED ACROSS A TRILOGY OF PHOTOS - ALL OF WHICH I APPEAR TO BE ATTACHED TO MY PHONE.
I assure you I remember that during that very moment I was in the middle of Instagramming a photo.. When I probably could've just been enjoying the view and my company.
Even though I'm complaining about my lifestyle. I. Can't. Stop. I wish I could be one of those healthy go do-ers who get up at 6am and go for jogs and just live life without being consumed by TV shows and social media sites (like me lol). Perhaps my next new years resolution will be to become one of those health gurus (although my love for food that isn't fruit and veg will probably get in the way of that). As for now, I'm not going to make any promises I can't keep. But I will keep this post as an incentive to head towards a healthier lifestyle, less consumed by technology and social networking sites.
W O w. that was a weird post and sorry if I annoyed you with my first world problems (if you even read this post rather than just looking at the photos)
o k
peace owt
xo
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