03/22/2026
Happy 23rd birthday to this lovely and incredible human is just as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside I’m lucky to call her a friend 🥹
On another note here are some of my thoughts lately: I hate posting on here I always say I’ll be better about it but you can’t just post anymore if you want your content to have a shot at being seen. There are so many rules, and optimal time frames, and best days etc. I used to just finish editing whenever and then hit post with out much thought.. I truly hate what social media has become and I wish we would all talk about it more. My posts used to reach insane numbers for views, likes, comments etc and then more and more that went away. At first I felt like I’d lost my sparkle or like I all of a sudden became irrelevant (which was dumb but it’s my truth) it really hurt my confidence for a minute but over the last couple of years it’s been glaringly obvious what the issue is. Everything is an advertisement.. everything. Every other scroll is a shoppable link. Whether it’s instagram or TikTok they excitedly tell you “try boost/try promote now to reach thousands of new followers” I’m not paying for that and it’s honestly ruined this app for me. So if I’m not an influencer who could advertise merchandise to the public or if I don’t want to pay for friends.. then I’m irrelevant. I’m so tired of it and truly believe we will have to pay a subscription to even breathe at some point because the greed has gotten out of control. The world feels dark for issues much larger than this for sure, but instagram used to feel like a way to connect with others and see beautiful art that wasn’t AI generated and people would post their real life moments even at 1 am and it would still reach a wide audience but now it feels like a ghost town and it makes me so sad. Billionaires have done far worse than make something as dumb as social media feel sad, trust me I know and I loathe them, but good lord they couldn’t even let us keep these little glimmers of comfort and connection to get through the crap system they’ve set up for us? Anyway I’ve been wanting to say this for a while but I’m sorry for the rant!
