Hey there, it's been a while since I've posted here. I'm not a full-time blogger, so I tend to go back to my website in chunks of time when I'm not too busy. I just finished my first year of college (yay!!!) so I am in one of those aforementioned chunks of time where I want to put in time on curating more blog content. Before I get going with more outfit posts or anything else I have brainstormed, there's something I have to address for the peace of my own blogging soul.
When it comes to the blogging/Instagram/influencer world, there are a lot of things that irk me about the persona that bloggers create. The influencer world is over-saturated with pictures of avocado toast, golden hour selfies, and cutesy cafes. The Instagram algorithm craziness doesn't help any of this because it means that everyone copies the same styles over and over. Any small flaws on a perfectly-tuned timeline create intense insecurity. #sponsored content seems to lack the warm touch of reality. Pictures are edited to the point where we question the truth of anything coming from a blogger. In the first half of 2018, I found myself drifting towards the clean-teeth cookie-cutter version of social media that I hated so much. I was editing selfies, appeasing to brands, trying so desperately to get re-posted, and copying styles that I thought would be popular instead of what I really wanted to wear. It made me feel so inauthentic and disconnected from the content I was creating. I was trying to be someone else and chase after the status of other bloggers I admired. Moving forward, there are a few things I am changing about my mindset on Instagram and blogging. The first thing I had to remind myself is that I'm only 19 years old. Before you rush to say "age doesn't mean anything, the youth can do anything, blah blah blah," hear me out. There are a lot of times in my life where I've matured myself too soon, took on things I didn't really need to. God willing, I will have the time and the resources to put more into blogging, but it doesn't all have to happen right now. I'm also still in school, which means that I can't sacrifice the time I would spend on my education when I finally have the opportunity to attend a university where I can study subjects I have genuine interest in. The next thing I have to change is that I have to stay committed to representing my life truthfully. This one is twofold but comes down to the same idea: no more omitting reality. I will no longer retouch my pictures for any insecurities I see on my body. Everyone has flaws, everyone has things they don't like about themselves. Social media gives us the opportunity to pick and choose how we look, but taking this opportunity creates an impostor who haunts our flawed reality and incarnates our hatred of natural characteristics. I love the way I look and I don't mind a pimple here or there, so that mindset has to apply to what I post on social media, too. I will also be posting more of a complete representation of my life. That means more pictures of my family, friends, Momo, the things I actually do on a normal day, and the products I actually enjoy using. I can't represent a complete person on social media if I'm leaving out entire parts of my life. The last thing that I am changing is how I organize my content on Instagram and my blog. I used to spend so much time fine-tuning my posting schedule and how my feed would look. However, that created A LOT of problems. I would get busy and not be able to stick to my schedule, the schedule on my Instagram wouldn't synchronize with my blog, and I would be forced to be some kind of creativity robot who is inspired on cue. The truth is, I get inspired for outfits and writing at really random times and in really random patterns. I'd rather have my feed look a little random and allow myself the freedom of posting whatever I want whenever I want to. For example, I am writing and publishing this post today, not preparing it now and saving it to be posted later. Knowing me, there will still be some cohesion to my feed, but it won't be so systematic that it makes me want to delete everything I've ever posted. I hope you stick around to see me make these changes and that you keep returning to my blog for whatever reason that you enjoy it. If there's anything you want to see more of on my blog, I'm always open to any suggestions! Thanks for reading my little "letter-from-the-editor". Insha
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