I like to hide out here on my blog. I like to pretend that there aren't big daddy long legs hanging about in webs up above the computer (and in most of the rooms) and that the living room carpet isn't in desperate need of a vacuum. In blogland it's easy to hide the dirt and procrastinate about the housework.
If I'm feeling grumpy or overwhelmed (it happens quite a bit), looking at some pretty photos and writing about it makes me feel a bit better. Sometimes a whole lot better.
I prefer to see the happy times rather than the grumpy ones.
Here on my blog I get to be happy and have fun almost all of the time.
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Our boys are awesome but they still whinge and grizzle and we still struggle to teach them how to behave properly. We have crying and fighting and wet beds and mess just like everyone else. It might look like it but we're not perfect... really can anyone be?
I spent a lot of my life feeling not good enough and you know what? It's a big waste of time. These days I make a real effort to focus on the positives. It made me a little sad when someone told me recently that reading my blog makes them feel inadequate. I totally get it because I've felt the same way looking at some peoples amazing homes or cooking or cool crafts. There are lots of things I wish I could do better.I really enjoy being inspired by other people's blogs and I hope that some people can get ideas or inspiration from mine. If reading this makes you feel inadequate then please don't!!
I can't believe I've put so many photos of myself in here! Here's another one.
Here's a great link... thanks Stacia
http://powerofmoms.com/2012/
Here's a great link... thanks Stacia
http://powerofmoms.com/2012/
Meg x
8 comments:
Okay, I just spent a good long time getting lost in your blog. Totally inspirational! (Hope you don't mind that it got me pinning..) Anyway, it hit a nerve, the part about hiding in the blog to escape from the real world. For me, it's a vicious circle: By hiding in my blog I neglect my "real life" making it more overwhelming than it was to begin with. (Did that make sense?) I touched on it briefly (and humorously) here: http://acasarella.blogspot.com/2012/03/irony.html
But it really is something I've struggled with... Anyway, I love this place! (And will definitely be back ;)
I feel inadequate about 90% of the time, too many things to do, not enough time to do them, the feeling that everyone else is doing it better than I am....
The other 10% of the time I am rational and realize that no one is perfect nor should they be expected to be! Funny enough a lot of the time reading blogs makes me feel inspired, I go into a kind of delusional state planning all the things I think I might have time to try one day.
Your blog is lovely and very inspirational, the lego mini figure shelves in the last post are just awesome.
I saw this floating around on FB last week and it is SO true
http://powerofmoms.com/2012/04/your-children-want-you/
Hope you are enjoying the holidays
you and your boys are so gorgeous. I think in blog world it's always good to remember that you're never reading the whole story. Just like you never know what's really happening in your neighbour's home, the same goes for your fellow bloggers.
Where there's calm there's always chaos. Happy to have stumbled by here x
You are so pretty! I just pretend the daddy long legs are still up in the corners because they are our pets :P
I LOVE this post.
Love all the photos of you, and that you've kind of opened up a little behind the scenes for us...
you rock Meg. Not perfect, sure, but pretty awesome all the same!
xx
A very real post Meg! As are all the lovely happy, smiley ones too. Looking fabulous - and sharing a lovely heart too!
Love this post and exactly how I feel too!!
Nicely put. I scampered off to read the link too. It's good to remember that the virtual picture is not always the whole picture.
Either way, you always appear to be having the coolest adventures whatever you are up to. Perhaps the spider just wanted in on some of those adventures too.
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so lovely to hear from you xx