My blogger friend Darci recently wrote about being transparent. She mentioned in the age of social media, its so easy to make your life look perfect.
She challenged her readers to be transparent and share challenges. I always strive to be transparent and honest. I don't like facades and trying to save face.
I often feel like sometimes other bloggers seem preachy and know it all. I don't want to be preachy. I have a gift of being able to relate to people where they are at. I don't like to make them feel judged or less than.
I shared our struggle with dialysis and transplant in hopes of helping others. If you read those blogspot you will see a very broken and struggling me.
I've been appreciating a friend's transparency via email as she for a through cancer and chemo. She really has been inspiring me.
My life is far from perfect. I come from a broken nuclear family but have a strong extended family.I strive to give my kids a strong foundation at home. My family isn't perfect but we love one another above all.
I stopped excercising and gained weight. I didn't eat badly but I never drank water and that caused me to over eat when in reality I was thirsty. Now I've got over 65 pounds to lose. My main motivation is to get fit and be healthy. Also to teach my children good habits now.
I've been inspired by a multitude of fit people who are encouraging and supportive. I've been sharing my journey and it somehow has motivated many other people. I've got people telling me I'm motivating them.
I'm blown away. I'm just doing it for me. Now I feel like I'm helping others and we are doing it together. It's a amazing feeling and a huge motivational tool.
My challenge to you is strive to be transparent. Thanks Darci for challenging me to so the same.
You are inspiring me. I love reading about your journey towards getting fit. And I'm so grateful you're transparent we need more people to be like that!
ReplyDeleteBloggers can be just like people on facebook. They only tell you the good things in their life and hide the bad. Good luck on your weight lose journey.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you - Especially in the blogging niche I've found myself in (the "lifestyle" blog) there seems to be an abundance of perfect lives being shoved in my face. Now, I'm not really a jealous person. I don't begrudge people having things that I don't...but eventually it starts to wear you down after a while, when every other life looks "perfect" and you look at your own flawed life and wonder what you're doing wrong.
ReplyDeleteSo I try not to do that on my blog (or Facebook or Twitter or anywhere else). I want to find that middle ground where you can rejoice in the good parts of your life but also be honest enough to tell everyone when something goes wrong.
Anyway, that was my long way of saying I'm glad you're the kind of blogger I can relate to :)
If there is one thing I love and admire most about bloggers is the ability of the good and even great ones to be transparent.
ReplyDeleteSo kudos to you for wanting and striving to be transparent.
And even bigger kudos to you for working on being healthy not only for your children but for yourself as well.
I agree that it seems a lot of people portray a perfect life on their blogs-- however, I try to keep in mind while reading that no one has a perfect life, no matter what front they put on. I also try and remind myself that everyone has a life outside of their blog and it's impossible to blog everything in life. I try to be the same person I am with my friends, my family, online, at work, etc. I have a hard time with people who seem fake, which is probably why I like you & your blog- you're real! :)
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