A REMINDER that no one leads a life as good as their social media reel.

Look at me all dolled up and happy and striking several poses and smiling ear to ear. That's what I want you to see.

In reality, so many things have gone wrong in the day before I took these pics. I had a less than peaceful sleep for not more than 6 hours (nothing new there). I forgot to eat breakfast which made my morning walk unenjoyable. One of the water drains at my house is clogged, causing dirty water to leak in the kitchen. A meeting that I was looking forward to got rescheduled. Owen got half my top wet as he was playing in the shower.

And chances are so many more things will go wrong afterwards.

And even if not a lot of things were going wrong, these photos only represent a few seconds of what I look like today. Truth is, as I'm writing this caption, I'm curled up on the sofa with no facial expression indicating happiness, I'm hugging the cushion and yawning in midday drowsiness.

My day is not as perfect as this post and my IG stories might make it look. And I'm sure that's true for everyone on this platform. So don't let this, or anyone else's post, make you feel like their life is better or that you're less in anyway. It's the you behind the Instagram reel that counts!

P.S. - thank you if you made it til the end of this long caption. I appreciate that! 😘

I'm wearing a Sherlock Holmes vibes top from @shopataleen

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