Social Media's Impact on How We View Love and Singlehood

Imagine your social media feed is like a magazine for your life.

It shows you that to be happy, you either have to be in a super romantic relationship, showing off photos and celebrating anniversaries.

Or, if you're single, you have to be doing amazing things like going on solo trips and always looking like you're 'healing' or having the best time.

The author realized that this isn't real life.

Sometimes you're just okay, or a little sad, or just quietly living.

But social media makes it seem like you always need a cool story or a special look for being single or being in love.

This makes real feelings feel like a problem that needs to be fixed or turned into a show.

The author decided to stop trying to make her life look good online and just live it, finding that being real felt much better than performing for likes.