"Oh my gosh. Have you seen her Instagram? It's like, perfect."

Sound familiar?

Society has created such a ridiculous idea of perfection that all of us try to live up to every single day. We feel like we have to look and act a certain way. We're compelled to exercise, wax, pluck, tuck. One thing I will never be able to understand is how people manage to correlate the perfect butt with the perfect life. Since when does the "aesthetic" of someone's social media posts define who they are? I guess it doesn't matter what kind of a personality you have as long as your Insta page is straightFIRE, fam.

Seeing all these famous people on mass media who always have just the right amount of "I woke up like this" bedhead and perfectly airbrushed features.. Who wouldn't wanna be them, right? Wrong. I'm gonna let you in on a dirty little secret. Nobody just wakes up contoured for the gods. Gasp! Never saw that coming!

No one's perfect. (Surprise, surprise) Everyone strives for perfection everywhere they go. I wake up every morning ready to be what society renders as 'perfect'. To be able to handle myself gracefully in all situations. I run around all day trying to be the perfect friend, the perfect daughter, the perfect student that sometimes I forget who I really should be trying hard to please. The One who fearfully and wonderfully made me in Hisperfectimage.

Truth be told, I don't think that I would have any idea who I am without my flaws. I really do think that there is beauty in our imperfections. That they are what sets us apart from everybody else. What makes us, us. The perfectly imperfect people that we are.

One thing that we always have to remember is that we will never be good enough for the world. Wanna know why? Because that requires being able to meet absurdly high standards that I sincerely believe will eventually be the death of humanity. People are dying all around the world and we get nervous over our Instagram feed- which is literally a fabricated version of ourselves?

Don't forget- you are under NO obligation to conform under society's standards. Stop stressing yourself out by trying to be "perfect" all the time. So eat that cookie. Wear those shoes. Get that haircut. Wing your days like you wing your eyeliner, because honestly? Y-O-L-O. ( I'll go home)

There is so much more to you than hashtags, filters and 24 hour Snapchat stories.

Love yourself, because being comfortable in your own skin is the most beautiful thing of all.