Many people use social media to amplify their spunky, outgoing personality that is epitomized by their social butterfly persona. These people are outspoken and are seemingly carefree of what anyone else thinks of them because they're living their best lives, and they want to share it with the world. They also genuinely care about what others are posting and pay close attention to what they're reading. My mom is one of these people, and I wish sometimes that I could be. There are other people who use social media just to take a break from life for a minute and escape from the world by scrolling down a timeline where everyone else voices their opinions, hardships, and celebrations. I feel that I fall in the latter group. Even though I have stated before that I simply want to live in the moment and do not care much to post on social media (which is still true), I wish that I still had the other characteristics that come with the people who take part in the active social media usage. When school is in full swing, stress and anxiety peep in and try to take over, and I'm sure most students can relate to this. Throw in working a few days a week, club meetings, and mandatory events to attend and one's plate is pretty much full. I love everything I do, and I am happy to do it, but sometimes it all becomes too much. So where do I go? To social media, of course, because while I am scrolling and clicking from one site to the next, all the other things go away for a short period of time and my brain can rest for a bit. Social media is my reward system and my time waster. When I have down time, social media is my first stop, and although most see this as a way of coping with "loneliness", it is simply my reliever of stress and landfill of frustrations. This all sounds fine and good, so why do I wish that I could be the opposite? Mostly because the other people efficiently portray that they do not have anything to worry about, even though they surely do, and it would be enjoyable for me to be able to take life a day at a time, little by little, and stop taking it all so serious.