Why I have ahard time posting online
I am historically AWFUL at staying updated online. It’s become almost a running joke with my friends on my personal account that after the event, my pictures will be posted a month later. This is NOT an exaggeration. I am often late by weeks to months, and that’s just my personal account. I run multiple blog accounts and I have so much fun doing them yet I’ll post consistently for a week and then drop off for months at a time. But why?
I think there is a need for things to feel perfect. I always wait for all my friends to send every photo so I can choose the best ones, then I need the perfect caption, song, and on, and on.
When I am making a blog post it’s a similar process I feel like I need to set aside time to edit photos and make everything look perfect and have a right hashtags.
Honestly, it’s just not that important. I have fun posting to my accounts so I should just do it. It’s sort of crazy to get so worked up on all the little details that I don’t even do it in the first place. Have you ever felt with this posting pressure ? Let me know
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