Instagram has become more than a social platform where to share images and showcase our work, aesthetics or ourselves.  For many, it can also be a very resourceful travel guide to find everything from best destinations to visit to hot and hip restaurants to explore.  Instagram is more than a travel guide and besides the trolls that rely on low tactics of following to then unfollowing to gain follows back for a day, it’s still a fun social platform to be part of.  So of course it’s uber magical to experience Christmas via Instagram with its endless source of virtual travel experiences on steroids.  One minute you are outside Atlanta Holiday House and the other you are in the lobby of Claridge’s Hotel in London.  For sure Instagram has its pros and cons, you may have heard about Selena Gomez erasing her Instagram app once she realized she had become the most followed person on the social platform, “As soon as I became the most followed person on Instagram, I sort of freaked out,… It had become so consuming to me. It’s what I woke up to and went to sleep to.” Selena Gomez told vogue.  Now that. Is not healthy.  There are a lot of sad stories out there about people who accidentally died while taking a risky selfies, others go as far as almost getting naked for a few more followers.  Is that really necessary…?  I prefer to take things as they are… a simple social platform that can provide great source of inspiration.  There are other things in life that are far more important… like family, health, food on the table, friends, and most importantly enjoying our surroundings.  As I’ve been saying for years our surroundings influence our deepest being.

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