The Pressure To Keep Up With Social Media Today

Hi loves! The pressure to keep up with social media is insane. Does social media get you anxious at times? For example, are you posting enough? What about the amount of likes or followers you have? It can be a lot at times. Sometimes, even a bit stressful. Posting about your daily life, showing how amazing your day is. But how do we keep it up consistently? If you’re a blogger or influencer, not posting or having enough followers can cost you money and your reputation. So how do we handle the pressure to keep up with social media?

Plan It Out 

As a blogger, I love using Planoly. It’s an app that allows you to plan out and pre-schedule your IG feed. It also lets you plan and schedule your stories too. You can schedule your post to be automatically uploaded as well. But if you’re not a blogger or influencer you can still use it. I normally set my times on the weekends for the coming week.

There is a pressure to keep new photos on your feed, upload fun stories, and show how great your day is. Sometimes planning out your photos helps eliminate the pressure to keep up with social media. I find planning helps me focus more on my content and writing than focusing forever on an IG caption. IG TIP: Using clever captions and hashtags can help generate more like and followers related to your niche. 

Do A Cleanse

Before you start a diet, its typically to do a cleanse to reset your system and get it started for your new diet plan. Why not use the same mentality for your social media? I’ve actually was on a cleanse a couple of weeks ago before my #atlantaseries. I’ve posted photos here and there but not on a consistent basis. It’s actually felt great, there wasn’t a pressure to keep up with social media, I was able to be in the moments instead of on a screen. It allowed me to recharge and rethink.

My cleanse has passed and I’ve gone back to planning, posting, and writing. I gained a new clarity I didn’t have prior and decided to do series of photos for my feed. (IE: my Atlanta series from my recent travel to the ATL, my next one is a selfie series or celfie?) If you’re feeling a bit stressed with social media, just turn it off and start your cleanse. IT’S OKAY!

Realize Social Media is JUST THAT

Everyone puts on their best face on social media. No one ever wants to be vulnerable, show the bad things they go through, or is simply just fake. We put on the best versions of ourselves to show to the world. But is that YOUR reality? Social media is just social media, don’t worry about it. Be honest. Open. Be yourself. Show some vulnerability.

I’ve realized it’s better to shine your light into social media, then to be fake or pretend to be happy. But don’t overdo it. Simply just be yourself, and you’ll find a lot more content comes from that and being genuine as well. That way social media doesn’t become a chore but more of a place of expression. Which isn’t that the real reason it was created? Have fun and be expressive. 

Social Media is a tool created to show your unique self, your beautiful self, YOU! Don’t forget that. Just enjoy living in the moment, for me I have to find a balance. I’ve realized I need to worry less about the gram, but still know that’s a part of my career.

Atlanta was the best example, I lived in the moment with my girls, enjoying the city, but also had our “photo-op” moments. This weekend, I’ll be heading to Key West, FL and the same thing applies. Enjoy the trip but also take your photo and get back to your loved ones. Take a deep breath and release the stress. The pressure to keep with social media doesn’t have to be stressful. Social media is fun and expressive not your life. 

XOXO

Karen Giuliana