There’s a phenomenon sweeping the world: Pinterest. I, myself have been sucked into the addiction for several months now and it’s picking up speed like a coked out disco queen.
The other night while I was lost in this rabbit hole, I was noticing particular boards over and over again. By women. Boards like, “Dream Home”, “Organization” (snort), “Things I want to try” and my favorite: “Health and Fitness”.
Trust me, I have a “Dream Home” board and other things that inspire me, but I didn’t start writing today to talk about me. I want to talk about you.
Ladies. What if, after collecting all these “dreamy” images, you went out and took your life by the freakin’ balls and made it happen? You know, actually LIVED the life you were meant to have? The life you WANT to have? Here, I’ll speak your language:
Image from Pinterest
But, I know you have excuses. And, no, I don’t want to hear them. I know you have kids, no time, no money, blah, blah, blah, wah, wah, wah. But, you have a choice. You can sit back and wish and hope and dream….OR, you can think to yourself,
“Damn. I want that life. And I’m going to have it.”
I don’t care if it’s something like totally changing the way you eat and feed your family (do you have one of those boards?). Or if you want to actually stick to a workout program (and knock it off with pinning the sweaty tan girls with 6-pack abs. Just strive to move your god damn body). Or maybe you want to redecorate your house or have a healthy relationship (I’m talking to you, ladies that have pins of Jake Gyllenhaal and romantic make-out pictures of people you don’t know).
We’re not 7 years-old anymore. We actually can have all the things we write about in our diaries.
You don’t need more stuff. You don’t need more pins. You don’t need more time or more money- you just need to DECIDE. Decide, then ASK.
Image from Pinterest (natch)
Where the hell would you rather be? Healthier? A better marriage? A new job? Opening up a restaurant? ANYTHING!?
Your mind is an instrument of immense power. Your heart and your body know what you want. But, your mind has the ability to start the process of getting it. Your mind also has the ability to feed you shit excuses about why you can’t do it.
Again, just decide.
So, how about, instead of sitting on your ass pinning away and dreaming, you made a board that says, “This is what I’m getting”. Make the decision, trust that it will happen and go for it? This does not have to be someone else’s life. This doesn’t have to stop at just images on you computer.
You can have the life you want.
So, what do you want? Lemme know in the comments.
honestly, last night cruising pinterest, I realized a long-term dream I have. I’ve been ruminating on ideas for a while but could never put my finger on what EXACTLY I wanted. Last night, I totally did. And it’s pretty epic, lol.
Awesome, Jill! What are you going to do about it?
So I rolled out of bed this Monday morning and realized that I have nothing to do… I’ve been unemployed since September last year and have no luck finding jobs. Immediately, I logged on my pinterest board and started pinning away my dreams and hopes that will never come true…. For me, pinterest is a form of escape from reality.
Hi Eva, Thank you for your honesty.
What it, your “reality” was exactly where you need to be? What if you were given this time off for a reason?
I fully believe that we are at choice when it comes to how we view our circumstances. Your thoughts are what make you feel the need to escape, not your circumstances.
Change your thoughts and everything changes. And you’ll be able to make your dream boards come true.
xo,
Andrea
It really is funny that you would mention to make a board about what one would finally decide to go after since I was debating this option over the weekend. I just couldn’t wrap my mind around what to call it. Thank you. You truly are an inspiration to me and I’m looking forward to kick starting tomorrow off and hearing what you have to say about going after my BIG BADASS GOAL! I’ve already planted a seed by accomplishing a tiny part of my goal it’s just a matter of keeping it in perspective and not letting anything that comes at me stop me from doing so. I’m pumped to say the least. Lets do this!
Yeah, Diana!!!! It’s all about perspective and what you choose to focus on!
There is this pin on Pinterest that says:
pin ter est (n):
A fun reminder of clothes I will never afford/fit into, the home decor I will never afford/fit into our small house, the recipes and grafts I am too lazy to ever make, the saying I wasn’t clever enough to think of on my own, the photos I wish I had taken but didn’t.
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I must say I’m an addict of Pinterest and with my close to 3000 pins I’m no stranger of having pins about my future body, clothes, houses, organization, recipes, weddings, kids, bucket list etc
With the above mentioned pin (saw it few months ago) I decided I’m going to use the resources I have right now and do my best to actually put the pins in “action”.
So far I have:
-taken an exercise regiment and followed it (simple 10min stretching in the morning)
-made sassy water (cucumber, mint, lemon, h20)
-printed out my most loved pins and taped them on cardboard so I’ll actually see them around the house to remind me of the goals I have
-used the idea to print sayings, quotes and put them into picture frames (talk about motivation)
In conclusion I want to say that although there are things on Pinterest that I want there are also the things I don’t necessarily need – I just like the idea and the picture – no action, just the pic.
I’ve re-read this article many times and I think I can do it – as one of my fave pins says:
“Make it happen, shock everyone”
Whoop! This is the best thing I’ve heard all day!!
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Hi Andrea, I love, love, love this article! You’ve put this message perfectly and powerfully and you’ve completely inspired me. I’m going to be sharing this article on my blog soon. I think Pinterest is an awesome website, but you are so right, we need to be taking action in our lives – and not just the action of hitting “repin” : ) I have already been acting on many of my pins, but I know I can do so much more.
Thanks again for the amazing article!
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