What I miss about social media and why I'm not fully "getting off" it

For more than five years, I’ve posted almost daily — often much more than that if we count story shares — on the Paws and Reflect Instagram account.

For more than five years, I’ve posted almost daily — often much more than that if we count story shares — on the Paws and Reflect Instagram account.

That profile is where so many things started. The website you’re reading only exists because I tired of Instagram’s character limit precluding me from fully expressing my thoughts. (There is some irony in the fact that I still don’t always feel like I fully express them here, either… but I’m working on that.) This week I phoned two friends — real friends, people who understand far more about me than my dog-focused rambles — whom I only met because of the online dog world. Scout’s training has been materially impacted by concepts and courses that I heard about through Instagram.