I read and hear this all the time... "Pinterest worthy?"
Have you heard it? What comes to mind when you phrase those two words?
That you aren't! Ha! Not a stab....just sayin'.
I know I sure-as-heck ain't pinterest worthy.
I'll tell you what though...my house and life totally resemble the whole grand idea of Pinterest! Really! What simple geniuses were they (who is they anyway? ) when coming up with the great scheme of a pinning world.
Seriously.
Everything you were ever interested in doing, tasting, seeing, learning, or experiencing is on pinterest! And all you have to do is name a little bulletin board....and pin to it! You can pin on for days! Believe me, I have before!
Kinda like the kicks I get on in life sometimes...when I'm like wonderwoman...superchick....awesome mom..... wonderfulwife. I can do it all and have it all together... i'll be like conquering the world for a few days...and then I burnout.... I wind down and I'm all like OMGEEE there is so much...I cannot possibly keep on this way! UGHHHH Then I become frustrated and usually go on strike for a few days because I start to think how ridiculous it was for me to ever expect so much of myself. Then I start to get angry that someone isn't helping me bear the burden.... and blame it on my husband. That's pretty much how it works. Yes. I know that's wrong. I'm working on it.
Anyways, that's how my mind is similar to my pintersting..... There's a whole lot of crap stored for me to get to...but when I start looking for where to get started...a.k.a. what needs to be done first....there's too many options! And I come up empty-handed when I try to pick. That's no good...that's overwhelming is what that is.
Just like my pinterest boards.
Many MANY a cool things I pin. From organizing tips and tricks & awesome homeschool unit studies--- to recipes and re-upholstering furniture! There is no end to the crafty cleverness that pinterest has to offer, and nearly all the pictures and projects and décor etc are most definitely all perfect and pinteresty.... PINTEREST WORTHY.
But they are just photographs you see, not the whole big picture. Who knows what the laundry room looks like! Or if the bathroom is clean! Or if they really went to that awesome place and took that picture! Maybe she is a really good copy/paster/photoshopper.
I mean really.
Anyways, back on point....
My mind is one big pinning board as well. So many ideas and to dos are floating around in there.... so many things I want to try....so many rooms that need to be cleaned....forget about the redecorating, I gotta start from the top, or I'll never finish...so many chores I'm not keeping up with. But never the less, the ideas are there.
When I start to try to do one thing....I realize I must do another first. So I start listing....making lists you know. This is never really a good thing. I mean, it is in a sense...because it gives me something visual to go with. To prioritize. But I go listing crazy. I put WAYYYYY too much on the little list. It becomes several pages long.
Or in pinterest world, it becomes several boards.
I think making lists is kind of like planning, it will help me remember what needs to be done...and plan to do it!!
Just like pinning all of those pins is supposed to be a convenient little reminder that Hey! I wanted to try this! I am totally planning to (insert pinned title) some day soon! Except I got too carried away...just like with my lists.
You follow?
You pin this awesomeness...but lets get real.... you're not going to get around to 1/3 of that crap on your boards. Really.
Just like you're probably not ever gonna stick to that awful "to do" list or be able to check it all off every day.
I just wanna stop the stress of it ya'll. Like for real. My pinterest boards and my mind.
I CAN'T KEEP UP! I JUST CAN'T TRY IT ALL! I JUST CAN'T DO A "QUICK SWISH AND SWASH" or whatever it is that flylady says to do everyday (I never bought the full version, should've maybe my house would be cleaner). I'm not that fly okay?! I've tried and I don't measure up. I just don't.
:(
But I know there have been women before me and women after me....women who are in this with me...some men too probably-- who want to do it all, be it all, carry it all and try it all. Who strive for it. Some can pull it off better than others. But friends.... NO ONE, I repeat NO ONE, has it all together. No, not a one. If anyone claims to, walk away...just walk away.... because it's weird....and that person claiming to is a liar!
I want to get all my ducks in a row.... I really do. I have all these grand ideas of someday having things organized.... a routine and schedule to the madness that is our wonderful life..... to just be chipper and tidy and flippin pinterest worthy!
It's a trade off you see. I may not have a pinterest worthy house or life......but I really don't want to anyways when I really start thinking about it. What would be the fun in that? The experience? The LIVING?
I have Jesus. I have 4 littles who are my whole world... plus my loving hubster who puts up with my crap, and an awesome little funny farm... and a pretty little garden outside my office window... and an indoor herb garden in my windowsill. And I like these things...they are the things in my life that are as close to "pinterest worthy" as this girl is ever gonna be.
Sometimes I feel the pressure... seriously. So. much. pressure.
To do. To be. To achieve. To measure up.
But other days, days like today, I just laugh at myself. I embrace the imperfections of everyday life. I relish in the sound of noise, I breathe in and enjoy the smell of sunshine and sweaty dirt when I kiss the top of one of my baby's heads. I am so happy and so content with my little piece of the world that my body feels like it's radiating the love.
I recognize that life is ever changing. Nothing stays the same for long. Sooner than I'd like, I'll have time on my hands. I'll be able keep the house clean and organized. I'll have time to actually finish some projects. There won't always be a practice or a game or groceries to buy and meals to cook. I'll no longer pin fun science experiments and unit studies on pinterest for hours.... in fact, a BIG part of my pinning world would just cease to exist if it weren't for my real world. The people and lives that I'm pinning for, striving for, thinking about.
Who the heck would trade this awesomeness for a bit more put together-ness or a picture perfect-ish, pinterest worthy life?
Seriously. Get outta here.
Not me. And you shouldn't either. Real life is better.
Blessings,
L
Have you heard it? What comes to mind when you phrase those two words?
That you aren't! Ha! Not a stab....just sayin'.
I know I sure-as-heck ain't pinterest worthy.
I'll tell you what though...my house and life totally resemble the whole grand idea of Pinterest! Really! What simple geniuses were they (who is they anyway? ) when coming up with the great scheme of a pinning world.
Seriously.
Everything you were ever interested in doing, tasting, seeing, learning, or experiencing is on pinterest! And all you have to do is name a little bulletin board....and pin to it! You can pin on for days! Believe me, I have before!
Kinda like the kicks I get on in life sometimes...when I'm like wonderwoman...superchick....awesome mom..... wonderfulwife. I can do it all and have it all together... i'll be like conquering the world for a few days...and then I burnout.... I wind down and I'm all like OMGEEE there is so much...I cannot possibly keep on this way! UGHHHH Then I become frustrated and usually go on strike for a few days because I start to think how ridiculous it was for me to ever expect so much of myself. Then I start to get angry that someone isn't helping me bear the burden.... and blame it on my husband. That's pretty much how it works. Yes. I know that's wrong. I'm working on it.
Anyways, that's how my mind is similar to my pintersting..... There's a whole lot of crap stored for me to get to...but when I start looking for where to get started...a.k.a. what needs to be done first....there's too many options! And I come up empty-handed when I try to pick. That's no good...that's overwhelming is what that is.
Just like my pinterest boards.
Many MANY a cool things I pin. From organizing tips and tricks & awesome homeschool unit studies--- to recipes and re-upholstering furniture! There is no end to the crafty cleverness that pinterest has to offer, and nearly all the pictures and projects and décor etc are most definitely all perfect and pinteresty.... PINTEREST WORTHY.
But they are just photographs you see, not the whole big picture. Who knows what the laundry room looks like! Or if the bathroom is clean! Or if they really went to that awesome place and took that picture! Maybe she is a really good copy/paster/photoshopper.
I mean really.
Anyways, back on point....
My mind is one big pinning board as well. So many ideas and to dos are floating around in there.... so many things I want to try....so many rooms that need to be cleaned....forget about the redecorating, I gotta start from the top, or I'll never finish...so many chores I'm not keeping up with. But never the less, the ideas are there.
When I start to try to do one thing....I realize I must do another first. So I start listing....making lists you know. This is never really a good thing. I mean, it is in a sense...because it gives me something visual to go with. To prioritize. But I go listing crazy. I put WAYYYYY too much on the little list. It becomes several pages long.
Or in pinterest world, it becomes several boards.
I think making lists is kind of like planning, it will help me remember what needs to be done...and plan to do it!!
Just like pinning all of those pins is supposed to be a convenient little reminder that Hey! I wanted to try this! I am totally planning to (insert pinned title) some day soon! Except I got too carried away...just like with my lists.
You follow?
You pin this awesomeness...but lets get real.... you're not going to get around to 1/3 of that crap on your boards. Really.
Just like you're probably not ever gonna stick to that awful "to do" list or be able to check it all off every day.
I just wanna stop the stress of it ya'll. Like for real. My pinterest boards and my mind.
I CAN'T KEEP UP! I JUST CAN'T TRY IT ALL! I JUST CAN'T DO A "QUICK SWISH AND SWASH" or whatever it is that flylady says to do everyday (I never bought the full version, should've maybe my house would be cleaner). I'm not that fly okay?! I've tried and I don't measure up. I just don't.
:(
But I know there have been women before me and women after me....women who are in this with me...some men too probably-- who want to do it all, be it all, carry it all and try it all. Who strive for it. Some can pull it off better than others. But friends.... NO ONE, I repeat NO ONE, has it all together. No, not a one. If anyone claims to, walk away...just walk away.... because it's weird....and that person claiming to is a liar!
I want to get all my ducks in a row.... I really do. I have all these grand ideas of someday having things organized.... a routine and schedule to the madness that is our wonderful life..... to just be chipper and tidy and flippin pinterest worthy!
It's a trade off you see. I may not have a pinterest worthy house or life......but I really don't want to anyways when I really start thinking about it. What would be the fun in that? The experience? The LIVING?
I have Jesus. I have 4 littles who are my whole world... plus my loving hubster who puts up with my crap, and an awesome little funny farm... and a pretty little garden outside my office window... and an indoor herb garden in my windowsill. And I like these things...they are the things in my life that are as close to "pinterest worthy" as this girl is ever gonna be.
Sometimes I feel the pressure... seriously. So. much. pressure.
To do. To be. To achieve. To measure up.
But other days, days like today, I just laugh at myself. I embrace the imperfections of everyday life. I relish in the sound of noise, I breathe in and enjoy the smell of sunshine and sweaty dirt when I kiss the top of one of my baby's heads. I am so happy and so content with my little piece of the world that my body feels like it's radiating the love.
I recognize that life is ever changing. Nothing stays the same for long. Sooner than I'd like, I'll have time on my hands. I'll be able keep the house clean and organized. I'll have time to actually finish some projects. There won't always be a practice or a game or groceries to buy and meals to cook. I'll no longer pin fun science experiments and unit studies on pinterest for hours.... in fact, a BIG part of my pinning world would just cease to exist if it weren't for my real world. The people and lives that I'm pinning for, striving for, thinking about.
Who the heck would trade this awesomeness for a bit more put together-ness or a picture perfect-ish, pinterest worthy life?
Seriously. Get outta here.
Not me. And you shouldn't either. Real life is better.
Blessings,
L
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