It’s a love & highly dislike relationship… me and
Instagram.
10 things I love about Instagram:
- Creative outlet
- Inspires me
- Learned how to style photographs
- Learned more about photography than I ever
imagined
- I have met people from all over the world I
would never would have met otherwise
- I have collaborated with brands and been given
opportunities I never imagined I’d be given
- I made a goal to reach 10k following for no
other reason than to say I did for social media experience. And I met my goal.
I am proud of myself.
- It’s a collection of photographs. I really love photos!
- Always room to grow (if you view the platform
like a business which I do) I can challenge myself to make new goals.
- The
people who follow and leave me sweet comments, words of encouragement. They are
the best part about Instagram!
10 things I highly dislike (because the word hate should never
have been created) about Instagram:
- Comparison (it’s the thief of joy) you have all
heard that quote and it is true. Comparison is an ugly word and act!
- #9 above in the “I love” section also falls in
the “I highly dislike” section too because its easy to be hard on yourself (and
that’s not always good)
- People feel the right to say whatever they want
to others. That’s not okay and hurtful.
- You can be who you want to be. That’s a great
thing! But also a difficult thing as I wonder if feeds are often times a lie
(as in its not really someone’s life if that makes sense)
- I only want to post the pretty, good photos. Hard
to post the icky photos.
- On my android I could see the specific following
count (I now have an IPhone so I can’t see) but I would get sad when I’d post a
photo and lose 15 followers. It was a sick game!
- It’s a time sucker (I let it! It’s my own fault!)
- If you are “good enough” you can participate in “liketoknow.it”
etc. I on the other hand was rejected and I still disagree with that decision. I
really think that anyone who wants to participate in an app like that should
have the opportunity as I want to link items feature in my photographs for all
of you
- Doesn’t have a smooth feature in the edits
- It’s
an amazing hobby but hard sometimes to find balance with the other areas of my
life (my full time job, relationships etc.)
