your close friends (or anyone who brings light and encourages you to authentically be yourself) are the only people you need. i promise. instagram is so so so evil when youāre constantly stressing about impressing people or tailoring your internet prescence to look cooler. as someone who has been chronically online for > 10 years it is SO REFRESHING to just hit restart and have 20 people following you. Like ā¦. make that finsta your main! tell people you ādonāt really use instagramā unless you genuinely want them to see you! itās sooo freeing and fun to not have a social media presence you care abt
Generally speaking, I wanna reorganize the way I use the internet. I wanna participate and interact with people. I feel like on Instagram Iāve been worrying too much about the mystique I create for myself, like Iām constantly advertising myself. It feels icky and Iām ready to give it up.
i've deleted instagram before lockdown and the only social media i've had and still have (but take constant breaks from) is twitter, though it doesn't annoy me as much since i don't follow any person i know in real life. for some reason i felt embarassed saying i don't have instagram when new people i met asked me for it but honestly it was the best decision i've ever taken. not seeing toxic people from my past on a daily basis helped me move on.
i used to feel the exact same way, i had around 3,000 followers (mostly people i didnāt know) and my account was public. i didnāt want to feel that way because its literally MY account so why should i be bothered about other peopleās opinions ect. so, i made my account private and i spent a few days slowly deleting people until i was left with those who i know and love and who wouldnāt make me feel any type of stress or anxiety. now i post whatever i want, when i want and feel great about it!
beautiful creatures with a gentle comforting mystique, i Think they know a lot more than we do. i like to sit out in the field by my parentā house and watch them