What a week! Can we just take a moment to stop, no seriously, can we please just stop what we are doing at just sit on the couch, put Gossip Girl on Netflix, eat a bowl of pasta, with a side of chocolate and perhaps a glass of red? This is actually what I want to do this week, is that not the ultimate? But, is it actually achievable? Probably not, because life is so busy right now! Forgive me for thinking it is almost Christmas all over again, you know, the busiest month of the year, but it is only March and it is so jam packed. Sometimes I wonder if I am the only one who feels like they can’t ever catch up to things, work, house hold cleaning, washing, emails and then there is social media.
I have had a few discussions this week about social media to people. I find it funny when someone says “How many followers do you have?” or “Your following is growing”. It actually is a tad bit, ok, a whole lot annoying when I hear that the world is judging my/your worth on your social media number!
What the? When did this happen? Gone are the days when your blog stats or website content was regarded as first priority, now, I am up against the selfie super stars and bikini bodies! Yikes! Someone pass me that wine we were talking about! Don’t forget that chocolate!
There was a time, not long ago, when this ‘number value’ really hit me hard, and the thought of it consumed my mind all day and I would get down on myself about comparing my number to those with numbers in the 100k’s. Until, one day, I threw my phone to the side, opened up my laptop, typed in WHAT WOULD KARL DO.com and sat (with some chocolate and probably a bowl of pasta) and went through my archives with all the content I have created over the last 6 years. All the photoshoots and editorials I produced and styled, the outfits I whipped up and it made me smile. It wasn’t until that moment, that I thought to myself, if the social media world is valuing me by my social media number, well, that’s ok, but I am going to value myself on those little high five moments I gave myself on my blogging journey.
Today, I am not defined by a number on an app, I am defined by my personal accomplishments that I create and own on my blog. If social media or Instagram (As awesome as it is and I do love it and believe it is a wonderful tool to communicate to my audience) disappeared tomorrow, what would happen? For me, I still have my blog and my gorgeous audience (and ummmm hello, my family, home, life etc) but for those that don’t have a blog/website/company that have 100k social media followers and are making a living financially from it and one day the app was officially deleted, what would they be left with?
Life is bigger than a smart phone app, we are worth more than the number of followers we have on social media nor should we be defined by it or relay on it solely.
