my view on social media

okay, so we all absolutely love social media. like can you confidently sit here and tell me that you don't sit for hours scrolling through tiktok, or twitter, etc? pleeeeease be honest. you do. but i feel like what we don't really talk about is how much it like lowkey brain washes us. i'm twenty two years old, and being active on socials has honestly made me feel like i'm a failure for not having my whole life figured out and together at the ripe age of 22. i haven't bought a house, or a car, or gotten married etc. who cares? im 22. the whole point of being this young is to figure out your life, to make your mistakes. i feel like - for me at least - social media has like ruined what we deem to be "successful" or not. like who cares if it took you longer than four years to graduate? why is the fact that you graduated not enough? take your time. slow down. you have your whole entire life to live, so live it how you want to. i just feel like im really tired of the fake flexing, and actual bs on socials. we're expected to live up to these extravagant standards and for what? likes? it actually likes really impacts you more than you think. honestly, i used to care SO much about how many likes my instagram pictures would get and if they weren't getting enough i deleted the post and thought that the issue was me. LOL HUH. but srsly, my point is, social media is all fake. its okay to not have it all together, thats the point of being young! take your time and figure it out, there is no rush, literally you have your whole life to figure it out.