Pressures of the gram
- Chabi Motaung
- Dec 18, 2018
- 2 min read
I had to get this off my mind before going further... it bothers me because many are suffering, unaware even.

Am I the only one that feels like succumbing to the pressures of the gram is one of the reasons most huns feel like their lives aren’t progressing? I mean why the unnecessary pressure? Looking good, not even just good but an expensive look? We constantly compare ourselves to the next person forgetting they only post what they want you to see. Most of them post things that they had to go through hell in order to have them, sacrificing their morals and dignity. I feel like a woman with no dignity and morals is naked. I am not the one to judge but it really saddens me to see many among us sacrifice so much to pop on the gram. Followers and likes are not everything but your sanity and morals should be a priority, well for me. I won’t lie I have people I look at on the gram and wonder how they do it, but trust me, all I do is to admire_ I do not envy what the next person has. I would name a few that I know most huns want to be at their level but believe you me, I have seen the torture and pain that some go through to live the most lavish lifestyle on instagram. One once said to me “don’t see me popping, driving the"it" car at my age and think it all comes easy, well it is somewhat easy but the minute I lay down it knocks me really hard, I myself even wonder how did I get here?. I have everything my peers want but a part of me hopes to wake up one day with none of these things that constantly reminds me of the bulls and hippos…*tears*” …I couldn’t even ask what she meant by hippos… but all I gathered from all of this was never envy the next person and wish for the life they living on the gram because “WOW” people go through the most. I have learned to be content of my position in life and get excited by the random things that are connected to me for a purpose and learn to follow them. We are all channeled to a different journey and the more we focus on ourselves and our purpose the more life becomes worth living.

" Am I the only one that feels like succumbing to the pressures of the gram is one of the reasons most huns feel like their lives aren’t progressing". Nah babe, that is how i felt most of the time.
There was a time I went through depression and it was based on seeing how good and how people were having fun and living their best lives and I was like "shit I wish I could be out and about living my best life and sharing all of that on the gram" but I was stuck at work and miserable most of the time.
There's always pressure to look good but but i feel like on IG the pressure is…