I'M FECKING HANGRY.
A series where I yap about my social media profiles. Part 1 of...?
Feckinghangry on Instagram
I love food, and what better way to show what Iām about to eat than document it! It started during my Flickr days when I had a DSLR and took pictures of everything. I continued to do so even after my camera got stolen. When foodies began their own platforms on Instagram, I wanted to do it too. However, I never cracked 400 followers, and my posts receive around 100-something views, if Iām lucky. I have one or two videos that reached 1-3k.
My latest posts, which I haven't updated in like a year.
During my Japan trip in 2023, I decided to add travel vlogs to this account, because food and travel go hand-in-hand, right?
I learned that I love making videos, but they are quite time-consuming. I posted for a few more weeks before stopping completely. I still have more content from my trip that I want to share. But then Iād think, is it too late to share it? What if these places donāt even exist anymore?
The decision paralysis was too much so I turned my attention towards other things. I did share some more ārecentā travels but stopped because I worried the gap would be too large between now and my Japan trip from 2 years ago.
Now, I just post on my stories to show that this account is still alive. I miss the simpler days when I would only post photos. However, I decided to make a stupid rule and struggle to deviate from it.
##The grid Ever since I introduced videos, I thought itād look nice to alternate between a video and a photo on my main grid. The videos contain a title set against a scenic image, so thereās a visual difference. I keep telling myself that it doesnāt matter, that I can just go back to my photo + video post when I feel like it. But when I make a rule, even a pointless one that only I would notice, I canāt let it go.
When I see a pattern, I just want to stick to it!
This is the part where youād encourage me that rules are meant to be broken! And itās just Instagram, who cares!
Feckinghangry has become my public persona for work colleagues. When people asked me for my IG account back in the day, I would give them my personal, private one. BIG MISTAKE. Iāve had to block several people after I stopped working with them.
Perhaps I should just see this for what it is, that itās about food and travel, and I can post whatever, whenever I want. I have so many platforms that even scheduling posts would require a couple daysā work to create everything, and thatās just for one platform.
These days, Iād rather pass the time watching Korean dramas (Iām currently watching Business Proposal; K-Pop Demon Hunters was my gateway, believe it or not).
Dear reader, what are your thoughts on Instagram profile āaesthetic?ā Does it matter? And do you have any social profiles that you use as a giveaway to pestering colleagues? I donāt even ask people anymore because frankly, unless we really become friends, I donāt want to know any more about you than Iām willing to share about myself.