It's important to remember that life doesn't have to be perfect - it can't be. Our homes aren't whitewashed and picture perfect. My bed's unmade and there's probably dust on the counter and dishes need to be put away.
Every meal we make doesn't have to be documented on Instagram.
Every celebration doesn't have to be watched behind a phone camera.
Life isn't a series of highlights and that's okay. It's okay if people see the messy side.
I live a pretty great life; I don't have to get up and go to work for someone else. I live on an island where it's always summer and I can go to the beach in December. I have a husband who loves me to pieces and makes me amazing dinners. I have an ocean view and a king-sized bed. I do the work I love.
It's all quite lovely, yes, but there's the messy side too. Sometimes the power goes out multiple times a day. I don't make enough money from writing to sustain myself. I'm thousands of miles away from family. Western conveniences aren't always convenient (good luck trying to find certain things).
But that's life.
I think people are afraid to present real life to the online world in the fear that others might look down on them. Just remember this - nobody has it together!! Even the most easy breezy lives have some dirt on them. There's hard work and play and love and anger and beauty and ugly.
Pull the curtain aside. Let us see life as it is. That's beautiful too.
