There’s a brilliant trend on Instagram about sharing your flops and not your wins and I’m really enjoying seeing these reality checks. We’re calling them flops but they’re obviously totally normal and fine!
We have good days, not so good days and bad days and that’s okay. It’s not linear and it won’t ever be.
I saw this on bookishwbomberry’s page and loved it. We definitely all need a bit of realness over here. So let’s get into some of mine.
I used to read between 10-12 books per month, this year it’s a good month if it’s over five books. That drop often doesn’t feel good.
It can take me anywhere from a whole day, to weeks in preparation to gear myself up to make content with me and my face in it. Anxiety gets the better of me so much of the time.
What you’re seeing is definitely not the first run through of anything. The amount of times I re-record videos or voice overs because I don’t think it’s right or just not good enough is more than necessary.
Comparison is the thief of joy, but it’s hard not to compare. I do it too often. I’ve had the sadness of missing out on an event I wasn’t invited to, wishing I’d thought of that content piece.
There’s days where I wonder if I should jack it all in and leave this online space. It’s demanding and exhausting with this constant need to be present.
I can over obsess on the analytics of every post and it almost always leaves me asking whether I’m enough.
Have you seen this trend? Like it’s openness? Let me know!
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Last updated 11/11/2026
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