a couple of weeks ago i deactivated my facebook account. best decision ever. i don't even miss it. and why did i do it? because i'm so tired of seeing super-moms. and people who are trying to let the world know how awesome they are.
you heard it right, and yes i'm looking at you, too pinterest and instagram. you are a feeding ground for super moms to show off their adorable children and perfectly vacuumed carpet (the valencia filter is really good for that, by the way).
things that super moms do and say that make me want to crawl inside my preheated oven and hold my breath until i pass out or burn to death:
blogging- HOW in the WORLD do you women have time to blog about how to be a perfect wife and mom, all while still being a perfect wife and mom? and then you pin pins to your pinterest that link to your blog. and i just can't.
pictures of your perfectly coiffed children- look, my kids hair has a mind of its own. she only gets bathed every day if she's sick or if she decides to run a marathon during the day. she only wears bows and/or anything other than pajamas if we are going to see important people. but your kids? they have the perfectly matching mudpie outfits that costs more than i spend on groceries for the month, with matching bow. and shoes. how do you even keep shoes on a baby? i mean, really.
pinning pins that link to your own blog about how clean and wonderful you are- a part of me really wants to read your blog article (that you have pinned SEVENTY FIVE times) about how important it is to not have clutter on your kitchen counters. really. i do. and then i get side tracked by your other blog post about how to only spend $1.50 on groceries every week and how to freeze every meal ever (i will never be okay with eating food that's been frozen for 6 weeks, i don't care how much money it saves me).
women, is this what really God is calling us to be? aren't we more than HOW-TOs and DIYs? shouldn't we do less pinning and more serving? more human interaction? less cleaning and more kingdom-minded things?
i've vowed to only follow people on instagram that are uplifting, that encourage me and remind me that being a mom to a baby is fun and not perfect. i only want social media interaction with people that i would have face-to-face interaction with. and truly, i don't need to be spending my time checking pinterest, seeing the same pins over and over, and wasting my time. i want my 2014 to be about relationships; about loving on the people who have loved us so well in 2013.
energy isn't a fountain that never dries up. it dries up all of the time. i can spend my energy worrying about why my house isn't perfect, or i can spend my energy focusing on my family. how to better love them and serve them (in my experience, that takes a lot of energy if you're doing it right). and at the end of my energy cycle, if i don't have enough reserve to clean out the pantry like i had wanted to - that's okay, because i used my energy in a much better way.
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