Selfie Esteem

So like, the selfie, we all do it, no matter how hard we try not to turn the front camera on and become self employed as a model and photographer, we all do it. I didn't realise till the other day how conditioned I was to seeing selfies (it's not like I don't see about ten different selfies on Instagram a day), until someone who I don't know followed me and I had to start searching through their pictures for a selfie just so I could see.

I'm not opposed to the selfie, sometimes we really do have a fabulous lip colour or hairstyle that we would like to show off our friends to see. I do it all the time too. I may not post all of them to social networks but anybody going through my phone is going to think I am absolutely obsessed with myself. It's fun.. camera on, lift, pout, flash, next one; camera on, lift, smile, flash, next one; camera on, lift, stare into nothingness, flash. 

At first every time I even thought of taking a selfie I felt like a vampire trying to walk in the sun. Felt like I was going to get burned for it, because we've all heard what they had to say about the selfie. Don't do it. They say that this (especially posting them online in lure of getting above 10 likes, just me?) is pure narcissism. And I realise that after saying the whole 10 likes thing, maybe just maybe they have point. But also when we completely ignore this point they are trying to make, they really don't have a point. When I take a selfie, I am either completely bored out of my mind, I have no one to take this photo of me and I have just GOT to show you my new bangs (I really don't) or I honestly just like the way I look and my Instagram is my Instagram after all, so naturally I just upload it, crop it, filter it, caption it and post it. How does this make me a narcissist? It's basically just a whole bunch of, it's my account, I can do whatever I want with it, it's for me not you anyway.

But at the same time

I don't really believe this whole, I'm posting this for myself stuff that we like to feed ourselves sometimes. Yes I'm posting up the picture because I want to, the application does say 'upload picture' any way but ultimately the I-don't-care-what-no-one-thinks thing is a little hmm. My logic is, if we put anything online it becomes everybody's, it's not just for ourselves otherwise it wouldn't be up there.Would you put up your latest diary entry online, you know, the one about the boy, your secret crush, the one who is dating your friend? No, I didn't think so. So this stuff online, is not just for ourselves. So we care a little what people think, because you had to think about it. You had to think about the right angles, filters, photo tricks and captions to be able to put your best self face forward.

But we have heard all this before right? blah blah blah selfie, blah blah blah, social approval, blah blah blah vain. And to that I say.....

Lu3Lu

Xx

Oh, Why Thank You!

I'm so excited today because not only have I had a good day, but I woke up this morning to a blog award given to me by the sweetest Ashliegh over at Saga Of Potential Maturity thank you, thank you, thank you!!

So the rules for this is award is I have to list 7 things about myself and then pass it on to 7 people. {I think}
So here goes...

1) I actually quite like my own company. I'm not a loner, no. But I just love my own space and my own company, after all {and I've heard someone say this before} it is the one relationship you are going to have your entire life. So I guess I love me some 'me' time.

2) I'm absolutely afraid of the dark. This is not a joke, and probably something I'm somewhat embarrassed about. I guess as I've grown up I have curbed my fear a bit more professionally {that is I don't cry when the lights go off} but I still freak out a teeny weeny bit when things go bump at night.

3) It's absolutely crazy that I am afraid of the dark, but I love watching scary movies. And what better time to watch them than at night right? with the lights off, and volume up high? Yes. I can't do it alone though. I either have this one friend with me, who is a nut for scary movies, or the boy. Those two have officially become my scary movie watching buddies.

4) I'm a HUGE gift giver. I love getting things for people and seeing the expression on their face when they open it. Some may call it my love language, and it's probably true {although I think all love languages are my love languages} but I do like to make people feel special but getting them something they {hopefully} adore.

5) I have a theory that I can never get addicted to anything. I get obsessed yes, and that lasts awhile but addicted, never. I think things have their lasting date, and after that they get boring.

6) I've always wanted to go to Zanzibar on vacation. All I've seen are pictures and I'm sold. In fact now I'm looking at it as a possible honeymoon destination choice. I don't know, can someone just take me? Please.

7) I'm pretty terrified about what's going to happen next when I finally graduate. I kind of feel like my life in university was kind of my safe haven, but with that almost gone... what do I have?

Okay now to the 7 amazing people I will pass this award over to:

1) happy girls are the prettiest

2) Shars Daily Ramblings

3) Captivated

4) Dreams Do Come True

5) Life Spelled J E N

6) Life.... Live It.

7) Synfully Delicious

I’ve been reading these blogs for a while now, and I'm always happy when I do.

Enjoy!

Lu3Lu