If I'm being completely honest (which I try my best to always be, and I'm going to be right now, so hold on to your shorts sports fans)...
PINTEREST IS THE DEVIL.
Really though, it is.
Maybe it is just me (and there is a very good chance that is the case) but I can honestly say that I have never gotten on Pinterest and then however long it takes me to get off of it later sat back and said
"I'm completely satisfied with how I look, what kind of homemaker I am, my creativity level, my cooking abilities, and all of the clothes in my closet."
.........
Sure it's a great place to find ideas for recipes, home decor, work out tips, and all that jazz, but I usually end up spending way too much time pinning the "motivational quotes" and work out tips when I could be using that time to actually DO those things.
Also, I have a serious beef with the fact that every 4 posts you see a picture of some insanely beautiful and toned girl with a motivational quote printed under her perfectly toned butt cheeks and then right next to it is a post for quadruple-decker-oreo-peanut-butter-brownie-better-than-anything-you've-ever-shoved-in-your-face-before cake....
It's just not fair.
You can't have both....
Well, at least I can't.
I'm cutting myself off from Pinterest. I am only going to get on there when I have run out of my own work outs, my own recipes, my own outfits and style, and my own creative project. Only when my creativity has been pushed to it's absolute farthest and there is not one ounce of it left in me will I get back on that awful site full of "I wish I coulds" and "someday I wills" and "If onlys."
Now, I'm not going to say that I haven't had some successful projects that stemmed from my findings on Pinterest... but I would really like to believe that if I had thought about it or wanted to do it before getting on Pinterest that I could have figured out a way just as good of doing it. On my own. Using my own thoughts. Using my own creativity.
Now, I'm not going to say that I haven't had some successful projects that stemmed from my findings on Pinterest... but I would really like to believe that if I had thought about it or wanted to do it before getting on Pinterest that I could have figured out a way just as good of doing it. On my own. Using my own thoughts. Using my own creativity.
I'm no longer going to waste my life planning, hoping, and somedaying.
I'm no longer going to waste my creativity by using someone else's and claiming it as my own.
I'm no longer going to waste my creativity by using someone else's and claiming it as my own.
I'm going to make my life happen for me by DOING and THINKING for myself.
1 comment:
You said it sister! Step back into the light. I've always thought Pinterest is one of those sights that makes the already fattening, MORE fattening, a way to show off how cool one thinks they are, and a way to dream things that one never intends on doing because all they do is talk INSTEAD of Do. Just like you said. Yes, I agree there is a time a a place and, yes, it can be used for good things. But, really...you said it all. Get out a do! You have your own brain, USE IT! :) Loves!
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