The article reflects on the author's feelings of isolation and inadequacy while scrolling through Instagram at 3 a.m., feeling disconnected in Texas despite being surrounded by digital connections. The contrast of their life against friends' seemingly perfect moments highlighted anxieties about their own situation. Struggling with this perception, the author describes the struggle between wanting to delete Instagram but feeling tied to it. Ultimately, they recognize the need for a break in order to address their feelings of loneliness and discontentment instead of living vicariously through others.
It was 3 a.m. when I realized I was the only person not in St. Barts. At least that's what it felt like on Instagram.
By 6 a.m., my eyes were bloodshot from the screen's glow, and I officially felt like the heaviest, least pregnant, most geopolitically confused loser.
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