To compare is the death of joy

I am back at it for a second try. I have recently decided to quit my activity in social media because of several reasons, one of the biggest being the false facades that are so easily created. Profiles become a fictitious portrayal of a life that isn't really being lived. I enjoy staying connected with family and friends so easily but I am often distracted with unhappy feelings of jealously and want because of a post of someone being somewhere "amazing" or doing something "great". I feel happy for that person but also feel like because they are on a great adventure they must be really happy and because I am at home I am not. I end up looking around wanting more and more things which when obtained would make me "happy" which of course is not true. Call me weak or selfish or lame for quitting social media because of this reason but I have learned that it is just best to run away from things sometimes.

So instead of sharing my life through facebook I am going to start using this blog as a journal for me to write freely about whatever I feel. This is really just a low pressure setting for me to document what I am up to and to help me focus on the positive things in my life. I will not have perfect grammar and somethings I write may not make sense but in the end this is a stress free place for me to write. I hope you enjoy my updates and if you are at all like me, please don't think that I post to brag or do things just so I can take a picture of it and post it for me to rub in your face. My life is not perfect, I do not have it all together and I have my own share of struggles. This is a place for me to genuinely write about the little and big things that made my day happy or my life better. Thanks for reading!