We live in the era of the highlight reel. Everywhere we look, click, or scroll, we see someone's "best face". Someone living their best life.

However, when you're sitting there scrolling, or clicking, or watching with no makeup on and a half-eaten box of cookies next to you, it can make you feel a bit inferior to those on your timeline or dashboard. We are constantly comparing ourselves to those that we see on social media, even when we don't realize it. We compare our looks, our homes, our relationships, our friendships, our vacations.. the list is endless. We compare ourselves to the posts that people share, and sometimes it's hard to remember that these are the highlights or peoples lives. These are the best photos taken, presented to you in a timeline surrounded by a slew of others "bests".

I'm not afraid to admit that social media has made me a less confident person, and quite frankly I think it killed a lot of my social skills. We now introduce ourselves with a friend request or a follow. We now court one another by liking a few photos are sliding into a DM, or using a dating app. We think good communication is answering a text in a timely fashion or being glued to our phones all day. We think making great memories means we have to record it all and hit post.

There is nothing social about social media anymore. We hide behind the screens of our tablets, laptops, and phones, instead of interacting and engaging with people in real life, in person! Instead of "I'll see you soon" It's always "I'll text you!" We edit our lives to appeal to our followers, which in return gives us some sort of twisted validation or accomplishment based on the number of likes, retweets or shares we get. Social media has changed our outlook on how we see life, because rarely do we see it with our own two eyes, instead we see it through a lens or a phone screen.