Why I Have Two Instagram Accounts

I was in Las Vegas recently for the Rock n Roll Half Marathon (blog post about it TK, I promise!) and, as per usual, had bitten off more than I could chew. Not only was I slated to run a half marathon on Sunday afternoon, but I had agreed to document my experience for Elite Daily’s Wander or Bust series (article also TK), which meant that I had a ‘shot list’ of photos I needed to take to be included in the piece. 

I love social media, but I’m better at making memes than taking gram-worthy landscape shots, so this was a challenge. Luckily, I had my good friend Chris there to help me. Jokingly referring to him as my ‘instagram husband’ for the weekend, I had him take my photo seemingly every five minutes. Chris was a great sport about it (He’s no stranger to my #freelancelife adventures, after all. He once took a MegaBus with me to Philadelphia from New York for 12 hours to run a beer mile put on by an events company I managed the social media for). But at one point over the weekend, he asked a very normal question: Which Instagram handle are you going to post these on? And why do you have two Instagram handles, anyway?” Continue reading “Why I Have Two Instagram Accounts”