Seems odd, doesn't it? Coming from someone who works in social all day long? Who actually believes in the better good and power of social media (when used correctly)? Yep. Seems odd.
Recently, I went through Facebook and unliked countless pages - most of them mommy bloggers. Seems cruel, right? I mean, I, too, am a mommy blogger. We are supposed to share and spread the love, right? (Did I mention that I took down my own Facebook page during the height of my unliking?)
In the beginning, I tried. I really did. I went around and showed some love, liking just about every mommy blogger Facebook page I could find. I made the effort. I tried to follow all of them. But the one, common, depressing, negative theme that took over my newsfeed was how hard and unrewarding parenthood, specifically motherhood, is...OK, it is hard. But we all know that. So, since we all know that, the next challenge that took over my newsfeed was how each of them could outscore the other. MY experience in motherhood is more difficult and unrewarding than the next gal's, and I will post every 15 minutes as to why. Why my mornings are harder, why my carpool lanes are longer, why I have more laundry and a messier house. Why my kids argue more. Why bedtime is worse at my house.
Call me an eternal optimist. Call my rose-colored glasses unrealistic. Call me crazy. But I decided then to remove all that negative complaining from my newsfeed and start reaping the joy that motherhood/parenthood brings. Because I have enough stress in my life outside the house. And I have enough situations where my actions and work definitely go unrewarded (or even unrecognized).
So don't take it personally that I unliked you. There are many of you out there that experienced the transition from thumbs up to not. You keep doing what makes you happy and I will turn to doing (and reading) what makes me happy.
Hugs!
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