Lifestyle | The Great Instagram Challenge

Hello Lovelies! I've been on Instagram nearly two years now (wow time flies), and yet it's a platform that I still feel like I haven't really mastered. To be honest I've always thought Instagram is pretty intimidating. It's filled with out of this world flat lays, effortless selfies and themes that are basically just heart eye emoji. And let's be real guys I am definitely not one of those Insta perfect girls, and photography whilst being something I enjoy it's also something I struggle with. But recently I decided I wanted to up my Insta game, as you saw in my 'I Challenged Myself To An Instagram Theme For A Month' post. So I decided I'd go even further and set myself a 4 week challenge where I really focus on growing my Insta, taking some beautiful photos and hopefully getting that little bit closer to the elusive 1,000 follower goal. Oh and of course I'll be bringing you all along on the journey with me with week by week posts on my progress. 

So let's talk about where we'll be starting off. I currently have 600 followers, and follow 277 people. My average likes are pretty up and down. Before Instagram stories was introduced I was reaching up to 100, but now most of my photos get about 50-60. Seriously the new algorithm and Instagram stories are really working against us, cries (I could rant about Instagram being annoying as usual, but I'll stop here). I've also taken some photos I really love recently, and even got re-grammed by OhhDeer my favourite company ever - yay! And I've also somehow managed to roughly keep with my theme of whites, and pastel colours so yay for that too. 

So how will I be growing my Instagram following? Well one thing I definitely won't be doing is follow for follow, or even worse follow and then unfollow. I want to see what I can achieve organically by upping my game, rather than just following account after account, so here's what I'll be doing in my first week:

- Take Instagram photos in bulk (because we all have our off days when we really can't be bothered)

- Download Unum because apparently it's great for planning your theme

- Try to Gain 20 more followers, which is possibly a bit ambitious but hey

- Get inspired by adding to my Pinterest Insta-spiration board

- Start liking more photos, commenting and generally just interacting more

- Try and master the flat lay, and work on my composition because I should probably branch out from my cliche socks + coffee posts 

Thanks for reading lovelies! Will you be joining me on my Instagram challenge? Do let me know!

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