Why Do People Take Selfies

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I have long debated why people take selfies and one day I myself, decided to open up an Instagram account. I needed something to post and out of boredom, I began experimenting with the sunlight. It was an odd experience. I came across pictures that brought out my flaws but after several tries, I gave up upon realizing that those flaws were mine. They defined who I was and why I was how I was. I am a very lazy person who has difficulty completing tasks. You can notice that I did not carefully shave my mustache. There are errors on the left of my mustache. The thing is, it takes too long and since it does, I sometimes tend to rush through my morning routine. I feel as though that such a simple thing can explain my lifestyle and habits. Since …show more content…
The eyebrows and the eyes show so. I am always thinking about how I can help others and how I can avoid hurting people. However, I am never able to put it into action. I can blame it on the laziness I mentioned before or I can accept that I am afraid to show people that I am not as bad as they think because they may take advantage of my good nature. There are also dark circles under my eyes that are caused by lack of sleep. I don’t like sleeping too much because I don’t like dreaming and then waking up to reality. It gives me false hope because my dream include my desires in their most successful form. In addition, dreaming isn’t going to get me anywhere and so I stay awake in hope that maybe I’ll make up my mind and start to progress towards them. To sum it up, I have a tendency to bite my lips and to rush through my responsibilites. I bite my lips when I have nothing better to do or when I am nervous. I believe that many things that I do are pointless and even if there is a gain, it will disappear over time. I used the sunlight in my picture to blind a part of my face. However, my flaws still came out and reigned supreme because that is my picture and it displays no one else but me. I have dark circles under my eyes because I don’t sleep for too long because I don’t like dreaming and I’d rather focus on making my mind up to begin towards my

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