A lot of what we see online, especially from professional influencers, is staged. The gardens are staged. The homes are staged. The vacation photos are staged.
They are the best possible scenario.
Some gardening influencers stick plants obtained from garden centers into the ground right before filming. They pull the dead or dying or diseased plants. They weed the garden. They show the best angles, the best spots.
There ARE influencers who are pushing back on this. They ARE showing some dying or diseased plants. They DO talk about their failures.
But they are rare.
And even these influencers don’t show us a lot of their failures.
That’s understandable.
Many people watch them BECAUSE they are a success. These people don’t want to see failures or imperfections. It makes them doubt the influencer’s credibility.
Remember this when you look at photos and videos. Very few people show their failures but I can guarantee with 100% certainty they are experiencing them.
Because even professionals have failures.
Even professionals make mistakes. They aren’t first year newbie mistakes. They are no one could have predicted or stopped this mistakes. Or they are I was too busy/tired when I made this decision mistakes. Or they are I tried something new because I’m always trying to improve and it didn’t work out mistakes.
You could be the best gardener in the world, for example, and an unexpected hail storm will still take out much of your outdoor garden (and we won’t even talk about the constant battle against slugs – grins).
Professionals have failures. Influentials have failures. You and I shouldn’t be surprised when we have failures also.
Failures are part of this wonderful journey.
(smiles)
