While many teens and young adults aspire to have friendships that go on spontaneous adventures and eat luxurious foods often, remember that these are select images to portray a perfect friendship. In fact, If I wanted to make many people jealous at once I could grab a stranger and take cute friendship pictures together in cool settings, and no one would think anything less than "GOALS" of it.

I have never followed the fad of "friendship goals." Rather than sitting around with my friends talking about all the things we should do or be doing, I choose to value to the current moments we share. I have saved myself a lot of disappointment and false senses of how friendships are "supposed to be" or what needs to occur within them for them to be valuable friendships.

I have three best friends that are simply incomparable. One of my best friends and I listen to music, practice hair styles, go on walks and visit cute little towns and bookstores. One of my other best friends likes to sing and dance with me because (thankfully) no one is watching, eat ice cream, watch movies and talk about life scenarios. And my other best friend and I are aspiring people watchers, enjoy trying on crazy clothes that we would never purchase otherwise, go in the water even when it's cold and dare each other to cross lines of sarcasm. When in these unforgettable moments with these dear friends of mine, I never wish to be anywhere else or with anyone else. That is "friendship goals."

So go out and meet people that cherish the moment of now. Find the fun in going to the grocery store or walking your dog. Open your heart to feel new depths of trust and hope. Surround yourself with people who motivate you to be yourself. That is why they are friends with you, right? Because they like you for you. How cool is that? You are more than enough. You are fun. You are spontaneous.

Everyone has days where they sleep in late or have too much work to get done. Some people need to spend time with friends more than others. Find a healthy balance between your social life and your daily life. True friends will want you to succeed. So get your homework done (even if you have to procrastinate), do your chores (it'll save you some nagging), maintain a good amount of work hours (you deserve to know the power in earning your own money), etc.

So when you are on social media and you see a picture of an adorable friendship, remember that is one single picture. Will you commonly see pictures of friends arguing? Questioning each other if they broke their trust? Crying over people that broke their hearts? Spending a lazy day together? Chances are, probably not. So don't feel as if your friendships don't meet an invisible standard that society has set.

Most of all, take care of yourself. Some friendships become toxic or weren't made to last. And that is OKAY!! Do not let life's trials that are intended to happen to let you down. We wouldn't know pure friendships if we hadn't endured some that we wish to forget.

So go ahead, set all friendship goals aside.