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30 Thoughts You Have Before Posting An Instagram

The little things you tend to overthink about before posting a picture that most people won’t look at for more than two seconds.

Emily Hill
Sep 29, 2015
Elon, North Carolina
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30 Thoughts You Have Before Posting An Instagram

1. Is this the best option out of the 30 pictures I took today?

2. Is my smile weird in this?

3. I don’t think I’m candid enough.

4. SHOOT, I SHOULD HAVE FAKE LAUGHED OR SOMETHING.

5. I look really pale, WOAH.

6. Would it be super noticeable if I added two filters to make myself tanner?

7. I need a creative caption, or I’ll get half as many likes.

8. SERIOUSLY, what is a witty caption that will make people think I am funnier than I really am?

9. Should I settle for song lyrics maybe?

10. I don’t know what song to do without feeling judged.

11. Will people even know it’s a song?

12. Screw it, I’m settling for an Emoji caption.

13. Do I make my location an actual location, or do I add something else about the picture that isn’t catchy enough to put in the caption section?

14. I’m really second guessing this picture right now.

15. Should I go with the food, or landscape picture instead?

16. Is that too basic?

17. Then I’ll have to change the caption all over again, UGH, NEVERMIND.

18. Is this even a good time to post?

19. It’s lunchtime, so I feel like a lot of people are on right now.

20. Maybe I’ll text my friends before, to make sure they’re ready to go like it.

21. OK, adding one more filter before I post it.

22. About to post it.

23. Still waiting it out...I can still back out of it.

24. Should I just not Instagram? I mean, I already did one yesterday, anyway.

25. Whatever, I honestly don’t really care, I’m just going to post it anyway.

26. OK, now that it’s posted, I need to make sure the ratio of time to likes, stays high.

27. Shoot, it’s starting to go under-time to make my mom and dad an account.

28. I’m just going to shut down the app so I don’t think about the ratio.

29. *blinking light notification*

30. Alright, hiding my phone for the next hour.

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