How refreshing....
For some of us, we look at some of the people who are "insta famous" and think about the amount of work that must go into the image.
But one girl has blown the whistle on it all, and has given hope to many who may get caught up with the instagram image fallacy and become more self concious themselves.
There's no doubt many men and women think some of their followers are "flawless" and they'll "never look like that."
But of course, this is all in their head.
Essene O'Neill and "Real Life" - The Truth About Instagram
Essena O’Neill started on instagram when she was 15-years-old.
She's now 18-years-old and has half a million followers.
But now, she's given up and has this message to young girls in particular: social media is not real life.
Essene has now gone though every photograph and commented on the pain that she went through to get the perfect shot, and how many photographs she actually took.
Her message is simple: we shouldn't be spending our lives making our lives look perfect online - there's so much more we can be doing. She says she can easily make $2000 AUD a post today, but she has a more important goal.
Here's some of her posts and accompanying text, it's amazing.
Amazing....and so refreshing.
In the video below - you'll see how geuine Essena is about the response she's had since revealing the truth on her page.
She's in tears of astonishment, and amazed a program like "Good Morning America" want to interview her. Check it out:
Remember: it's all about being your BEST self, and not comparing yourselves to people on Instagram who are stressing over how to take the perfect photo, combined with a filter.
There's many people who will now have an Instagram filter of their own - a filter for picking out the garbage we see on a daily basis.
You can check out more of Essena's videos and content via letsbegamechangers.com
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