I have carefully curated social media accounts. I don\u2019t follow people based on their celebrity, how many followers they have, or likes they get. I follow based on their content. It basically has to be informative, inspirational (all things creative, for me, falls in the inspo category), or funny. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t like it when people are constantly promoting things. Like if your account feels like an infomercial, I\u2019ll unfollow. If you use your account to constantly talk bad about people, I\u2019ll usually unfollow \u2013 I\u2019m all about positivity. And I especially can\u2019t stand, on Instagram, when somebody\u2019s account is filled with too many selfies. Like I don\u2019t care what the caption is, if all I see is your posing face in every picture that makes its way to my feed, I\u2019ll unfollow you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of that, what I have created is social media feeds full of faith and food and future goals. I look at house tours on YouTube, I follow entrepreneurs on Instagram, and activists on Twitter. While most of the time this leaves me inspired to do something like try a new recipe, get home d\u00e9cor ideas, or learn more about a cause, other times these very same things serve as vivid reminders of what I don\u2019t have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like most days I could watch house tours on YouTube and be inspired by the floor plan or the d\u00e9cor and think to myself, \u201cI\u2019m going to have a fabulously decorated house that I\u2019d love to show off someday.\u201d But then there are other days when I look at house tours on YouTube and the only thing I can think is, \u201cDamn, I don\u2019t have a house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s like the same thing that inspires me can at times be a painful reminder of what I haven\u2019t achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had a point to this which now escapes me. Oh well, if it comes back to me I\u2019ll revisit it. For now I\u2019ll just sit for a minute, fascinated by this duality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have carefully curated social media accounts. I don\u2019t follow people based on their celebrity, how many followers they have, or likes they get. I follow based on their content. It basically has to be informative, inspirational (all things creative,…<\/p>\n