Wasting my life on Instagram
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We all do it…. 5 minutes after clicking on this addictive little button I’m hitting it again to see a few new added posts.
advert breaks…Instagram
sat in the park whilst my kids play….instagram
at my desk at work…Instagram
You get the idea. I wonder how much of my life I actually waste on this thing. I even take pictures when out with my brood in the back of my head thinking this will be a good Instagram shot.
What do I get from it? Lots of inspiration and ideas about my love for crafts and baking. A little fashion. Some very
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cool ”London” people. Some travel. I like to look back at my feed and see all the pics and memories of my life.
But there is a dark side to this feed of mine. Those perfect shots from mothers who appear to really really really love their kids and never find them annoying or stressful. Those mothers who are slim and still wear bikinis, who always look great and have perfect hair, clothes makeup. Who’s houses are flooded in light and are either huge or perfectly tidy. These are the feeds that whilst I seem drawn to – the nosey parker in me can’t
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help myself but these feeds are actually affecting me. They make me feel inadequate, doubt my parenting skills or how I dress/look. Its quite ridiculous. I am 30 years old and in the last 10 years I’ve found a man I love, had 2 kids bought a house and have a good career. I juggle this job with two kids and still have a tidy clean house. I have lots of lovely friends. So why do I do this to myself?? I have no idea.
The rational me knows that everyone finds their kids annoying. That everyone has hang ups about their body pre baby. That everyone is
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sometimes just a bit pissed off for no apparent reason.
What I need to do is to stop clicking on this button on my phone. Put the bloody thing away. Get a book out. Watch my children play. Do something productive. Stop wasting my life .
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Lucy - 29 May 16
We all do it…. 5 minutes after clicking on this addictive little button I’m hitting it again to see a few new added posts.
advert breaks…Instagram
sat in the park whilst my kids play….instagram
at my desk at work…Instagram
You get the idea. I wonder how much of my life I actually waste on this thing. I even take pictures when out with my brood in the back of my head thinking this will be a good Instagram shot.
What do I get from it? Lots of inspiration and ideas about my love for crafts and baking. A little fashion. Some very cool “London” people. Some travel. I like to look back at my feed and see all the pics and memories of my life.
But there is a dark side to this feed of mine. Those perfect shots from mothers who appear to really really really love their kids and never find them annoying or stressful. Those mothers who are slim and still wear bikinis, who always look great and have perfect hair, clothes makeup. Who’s houses are flooded in light and are either huge or perfectly tidy. These are the feeds that whilst I seem drawn to – the nosey parker in me can’t help myself but these feeds are actually affecting me. They make me feel inadequate, doubt my parenting skills or how I dress/look. Its quite ridiculous. I am 30 years old and in the last 10 years I’ve found a man I love, had 2 kids bought a house and have a good career. I juggle this job with two kids and still have a tidy clean house. I have lots of lovely friends. So why do I do this to myself?? I have no idea.
The rational me knows that everyone finds their kids annoying. That everyone has hang ups about their body pre baby. That everyone is sometimes just a bit pissed off for no apparent reason.
What I need to do is to stop clicking on this button on my phone. Put the bloody thing away. Get a book out. Watch my children play. Do something productive. Stop wasting my life .
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Mum of 2 loud kids and a puppy, happily unmarried to one of the good guys. Living by the sea. Love to crochet and shop which keep me mostly sane.
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