In today's society, picture-perfect lives are taking over social media. While scrolling through the daily feed on instagram, we are constantly bombarded with images of seemingly effortlessly perfect people with perfect lives, never mind the excessive editing and selective posting that makes their lives seem so picturesque. Instead of posting who we are and what we like, everyone has seemingly become obsessed with achieving #goals. Essentially, on every post that shows a beautiful couple or a model-thin girl, people comment #goals to imply that they aspire to have whatever is displayed in the photo. This has created a wave of young impressionable minds creating a specific image of what life and love should look like based on images online. These "goals" are impossible to aspire to, thus causing jealous and envious thoughts to present themselves in teens' minds, which are already susceptible to confidence issues.
Instead of focusing on what others have or what we could have, we should find happiness within what we already have in our lives. Boyfriends and girlfriends don't need to buy heart balloons to be #goals to fulfill their relationships. People don't need to fit a specific mold to be successful and healthy, so such trends are best ignored.
