You Know You Work in Social Media If...

Do you #hashtag in real life? That's a pretty good clue.

You own a piece of jewelry with your Twitter handle on it.

You've hosted a Google+ Hangout.

You optimize your personal social content for each platform.

"Hold on, I have to crop this picture to Google+ specs and edit this copy for Twitter."

You schedule your tweets.

You monitor your personal social analytics.

"YES! An increase in engagement!"

You secretly hate friends who have more Twitter followers than you.

Your thoughts and feelings are automatically limited to 140-characters or less.

The Super Bowl is the best (and worst) day of the year for you.

"Real-time marketing FTW!"

You tweet your love and hate for brands daily.

You participate in chats called #SMinADV, #SocialChat, or #SMManners.

You edit your posts' metadata.

You're always the first of your friends to sign up for the new social platform.

You have a special hate for people that hashtag everything.

You're the go-to social media person in your friend group.

"How do I make a cover photo? How do I untag myself? Help me!"

You tweet or post platform improvements.

"Hey @Twitter, you should update your mobile functionality."

You're the first to check-in to a restaurant and tag your friends.

Your parents keep up with your life through Twitter.

"She hasn't called me back all day! What if she's dead? Oh wait, she just tweeted. She's fine."

You're the first to know about breaking news.

"Yeah Mom, I saw that on Twitter an hour ago."