connection
Sometimes in life you meet people through the
strangest means - often where you’d least expect it.
The biggest one for me has been Instagram. The
connections and lifelong friendships I have developed
through social media is insane and scary at the same
time. Growing up I was always warned of the dangers
of social media – stranger danger, 40 year old men
behind a fake persona, to never trust anyone. But
growing up with technology and secretly using
Instagram when I was 13 – it’s about knowing what
and who is and isn’t real. After you suss out the
legitimacy of a person, you connect and find the
people that share the same interests as you, appeal to
you, go global or find those in the same city as you.
Instagram is like a Tinder for friends. You develop
mutuals, you meet up, you bond over your Instagram
(& probably end up sitting on your phones in
comfortable silence as you scroll through your feed
for an hour more than necessary… been there, done
that). Instagram can be personal, or it can be a
community. Make it a community. It’s great. I met my
best friends through there, and I’m ready to make
more.