I once used social media to subscribe to comparison magazine. I was constantly scrolling and looking at what everyone else was doing and found myself trying to mold myself and my personal page to the accounts that were getting the likes and comments I desired.

I wanted to have the super curated feed. I wanted to post everyday. I wanted 10K + followers with the 1000 comments.

But is that really what I wanted?

I'm very awkward taking staged photos. Fake smiling is not for me. I also don't smize well.

I'm not very social to strangers in real life, so pretending to be outgoing in the digital space takes a whoolllle lot of energy that can be placed elsewhere.

Some of these people I once admired are buying followers and likes... and I would much rather spend my little coins on something that actually matters.

Once I came to grips that I wasn't about that life, I no longer felt that pressure. I want people to see me on social media, meet me in real life and think - I'm the same person.

Being anyone other than me... was too much damn work.

So, you have to discover who you are and show up as that person on social media - that will relieve some of the pressure.

Unsubscribe from comparison magazine. Unfollow or mute the people you find yourself comparing yourself to that makes you second guess who are you and what you were. created to do... you don't need that energy.