The day after Caleb and I started dating, I posted a picture on Instagram of him and I to happily announce to my friends that we were dating. That picture blew up my notifications. It became my most liked picture. People came out of the woodworks to congratulate us on finally starting to date. And to be entirely honest, the attention felt nice. Batman and Anna: The best of friends and officially official. ?? A post shared by Kara Beth |… Read more »

The following is a guest post by one of my dearest friends, Bonnie Last November, I decided that I desperately needed to take a break from social media. Most especially, I really needed a break from Instagram. I wouldn’t say goodbye to it forever, but just for enough time for me to get away from it mentally, literally and generally. Social media had become toxic to me. Whenever I think about last semester, I always think of Instagram as being… Read more »

On November 8, 2017, I deleted Instagram off my phone. I did this for many reasons, all of which can be found in the post 7 Reasons Why I Broke Up With Instagram. And let me tell you, going without Instagram was hard. Very hard. Well, at least it was at first. As the months passed, I grew more and more accustomed to life without the time-sucking app. I found myself not even missing it… most of the time. It… Read more »

About a month ago, I broke up with Instagram. And let me tell you, it hasn’t been as easy nor simple as I thought it would be. Going this long without Instagram is really, really, really hard. One of my friends deleted Instagram the same day I did. I admitted to her a few times that it’s been really hard staying off of Instagram, and I asked her if she had been having the same struggle. She said she hadn’t been,… Read more »

This past Wednesday, November 8th, I broke up with Instagram. That’s right. I officially called things off. In other words, I deleted the app. And let me tell you that going without Instagram these past few days has been really, really hard. This weekend was my university’s annual pageant, which I participated in last year. It’s been really hard staying off of Instagram. I want to see other people’s posts about the pageant and I want to post a mushy post… Read more »