Hi, my name is Emily, and I have a problem.
I enjoy my life, probably a majority of the time. When I'm not overloaded with academics, sorority responsibilities, two jobs, and a myriad of other tasks I assume the responsibility of, life is usually okay. During this okay-ish journey throughout my life, I tend to photograph my experiences, activities, and the other escapades of my journey. Which, to my joy and everyone else's annoyance, usually leads to double-posting, if not triple-posting, on Instagram.
And I'm not sorry.
I take pictures to document memories. Whether those memories are an adventure into nature's beauty, a significant event or holiday, or even just me feeling myself and my makeup that day, they're memories to me. I want to remember how I feel, how I look, how everything around me looked in each and every moment I deem significant. I can remember everything about a moment when I look at the photo that documented it, and that's so special to me.
A lot of these moments may happen during the same day, maybe even during the same event, thus leading to having several cute pictures that I think deserve to be broadcast to the entire Internet (because that's just how my ego is).
Yes, Instagram has that "select multiple photos" thing now, but there are two problems with that. The first, not all of your photos can fit into the size that option forces the photos to be in. You can't expand it like you can normal photos, so unless it is visually appealing in square form, forget it. Second, sometimes there are some photos that deserve more attention than others. You know what I mean. Sometimes you look better in one photo than the other, sometimes it's just more aesthetically pleasing, or maybe sometimes you just think it would do better on Instagram than some other ones would. It's a fact, and there's no shame in my game.
I've decided it's safer that my Instagram biography just states, "Yes, I post too much," followed by all the stereotypical things college students include in a social media biography. People honestly just expect it.
Life is beautiful. I think anything from a sorority event, to a birthday party, to seeing friends I haven't seen in a hot minute, to the rare instance of a selfie I think I actually look good in deserves to be appreciated and celebrated in the beautiful moment that it was.
So yeah, I may post three pictures on Instagram the same day, but just know that I'm not sorry about it. It's my life, and I'll live it how I choose, and that's through documenting and appreciating every second of it.