@traveltheworld

No one knows my wanderlust better than my devices

Planning imaginary trips is one of my vices

So the tailored and filtered content that I see

Of exotic travel makes me go green with envy

As if gloating over friends’ travel pictures weren’t enough

Seeing travel vlogs and instagram travel reels is much more rough

On my psyche because I start wallowing in self-pity

I am stuck making a living when there is so much to see…

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Getting sucked into social media consumption is terrible, I realize

But from breathtaking pictures and videos, I cannot avert my eyes

So I get drawn into consuming travel related content

For hours at a time, despite this not being my intent

I try to tell myself that I am expanding my knowledge of geography

But the truth is that I am just wasting all my time that is free..

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One day I shall travel to exotic places too

And let me just admit what I’m going to do-

Take pictures with the singular intent

Of creating watchable social media content…