Perfection Paradox - Thats Social Media

Thats social media.

- Ar. Anika Singh

Perfection is everywhere. Or the image of it, the problem is the expectation of it.

The way you look, your career, marriage, kids, Facebook pictures, Instagram stories, gatherings – basically the whole life of some people, seems perfect. Now, there is nothing ever wrong in aiming and achieving the best of life you can. In fact, we all should, men or women. I am here talking of how it is on our social media accounts.

The projection of our perfect lives is a vicious cycle, almost all the people who post regularly on social media – friends, social influencers etc – whatever their phase of life, they seem to be going through it effortlessly. I in my motherhood prime when I had two little ones, looked like a beaten animal 24X7. My few friends and some social media friends in the same phase looked amazing in their posts of homes, their kids , their bodies, clothes they were wearing, despite little ones made me question myself, it wasn’t soon before I myself was ‘projecting’ the same thing, outings, dinners, holidays etc, the question is: do we enjoy the event more?