Not Your Pinterest Mom

So what does Not Your Pinterest Mom even mean?… Well I created this section of the blog with fun, humor, reality, and relief in mind. A safe space for moms to share the joy, tears, and realities about motherhood, WITHOUT any judgment. YOU need to know you are not alone. A place where the mom with the not-so-perfect home, marriage, life, and kids can share their stories. I think we can all relate and learn something from each other through our stories, and it’s nice to have them all in one place. It’s okay to vent, rant, or just tell a funny story. If you want to share your story comment on this article below as I would love to collect your stories to encourage other moms. You can also message me on the contact  form.

 I am going to try to post many stories about how I have overcome things when I stopped trying to look like everyone else, I thought that would make me feel better but it did not!

The Perfect Social Media Mom Does Not Exist

A large part of our lives as moms is wrapped up in motherhood. It starts to become your entire identity, and if you aren’t careful you will lose yourself..especially if you are trying to be the picture-perfect Pinterest mom. However let’s be real, this is NOT reality. You don’t have time to do all these crafts, keep your home perfect, always meal prep, feed them healthy all the time, stay sane, look perfect all the time, and so on. However, there are ways that motherhood being your identity can be fun and you can still be you.

The Constant Trap Of Self-Improvement

I remember trying so hard to fix myself and my mistakes. I saw all the things online and it made me get caught in the trap and constantly trying to achieve something and never getting there then feeling like a failure. I think I saved every pin on every topic and got overwhelmed, again feeling like I’ll never be as good as these women and I suck as a person

…and if you aren’t careful others will judge you as well based off all the things uploaded to our brains all day online and from others.

I saw this quote and it resonated with me so much.

Dr. Ashurina Ream describes the invisible load of motherhood as the unnoticed and uncompensated physical, mental, and emotional labor completed behind the scenes to keep our households happy, healthy, and running smoothly.

True Freedom

This happens when you decide to see what works for you and your family instead of stressing yourself and trying to do what works for someone else. Sure we can take tidbits from others in ways that help, but we can’t simply just copy their lifestyle and think we will feel better, because we won’t. We also have to have healthy boundaries when it comes to social media, we need to limit how much of it we look at so we don’t get overwhelmed and exhausted. We should also have healthy boundaries with others so we aren’t allowing them to put unnecessary pressure on us to do what they think we should be doing.

“Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.”

Christopher Germer