Stop Comparing!

Sometimes it hard to not compare yourself in this social media era. Between Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat sometimes I'm feeling so disconnected with reality. I see all these beautiful girls doing all these amazing things and I compare myself. I wonder why my life can't be as glamours. I can't help but get disappointed about why I'm stuck doing all this laundry when they're traveling to Paris. It's hard when your an adult fighting to survive between bills, work and family. Life can feel overwhelming and I often find myself feeling defeated almost to the point of depression. Luckily for me it never last very long but I'm sure there are many people out there who are not so lucky. I want to share a few quotes that really hit home for me. I'm hoping that just in case your feeling like me it will help.

"You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to victorious." - Joel Osteen

I'll be the first to say that I compare myself constantly to other. Its not very hard when I'm always bombarded with pictures and videos of others. I often find myself pouting wondering why I can't be as pretty as her or worse why I can't be as smart as her. When in reality I'm not seeing how beautiful and smart I really am. I never realized that I'm literally robbing myself of my self confidence.

"Comparison is the thief of joy." - Theodore Roosevelt

Basically its telling me what I've been trying to tell myself all along. I need to stop comparing myself and to just enjoy my wonderful life. I take so many things for granted like my family, job, friends even something as simple as my phone. As the Holidays are coming along I'm hoping I can really be more grateful and stop comparing myself. I get to decide what gets written in my story because in the end its my own decision. I'll leave you with one more quote that summarizes it.

"Because when you stop and look around, this life is PRETTY AMAZING." - Dr. Seuss

Earthquake!

Today I experienced something unusual. I was Skyping with my best friend when the walls started to shake. I could hear the dogs in the neighborhood start to bark. My very own dog Tank went running out in the back yard barking as well. Next our car Orphie went running and wasn't to be seen for a few hours. I jumped up and yelled, "Hold on I think were having an earthquake!" My husband ran out into the back yard where our neighbors had also gathered. We all spoke across the fence and decided yes it must of been. I instantly searched online to see if I could confirm what we had just felt. There it was record of a 4.1 earthquake in a nearby town.

This is the second time I've ever experience an earthquake. Andrew and I were laying in bed a few months ago when I felt the ground start to shake. I instantly woke him up yelling, "Babe! The ground is shaking." He turned over and blamed it on Tank. Yes Tank is a big 110lb lab rot mix but in no way could he shake the ground like that. I eventually fell asleep and woke up to a text message from my Dad asking how I liked the earthquake last night. For some reason I guess the small town we live in is a high risk for earthquakes. Apparently we have almost a 70% chance of a major earthquake happening in the next fifty years. Luckily we plan on moving from this town in the next few years so I'm hoping we miss it. I think I will call the insurance company and add some earthquake insurance to the house haha. Just kidding.. kind of! The reality is this has made me feel like I need to prepare and be ready in case of an emergency. I think I'm going to push myself to research and prepare us for an emergency. Maybe I will even start a 72 hour kit. I have fond memories of helping my Parents prepare kits when I was a child. Now I have my own family I need to look after and prepare for!