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| Baby having fun at blogging event |
Facebook has devolved in to a repository of selfies, photos of food and feet, and people promoting the picture perfect aspects of their lives. There’s a phrase my girl Nicole Mildren of Champagne to Crayons uses called, “Facebook Fake”. It refers to the false aspect of what we see on Facebook. It’s not that the images are fabricated. It is that they only reflect a fraction of what occurs in someone’s life. Every once in a while, I read something on Facebook that relates to working moms and want to share them with the readers of this blog.
Working Moms, Life is More Than Work and Family
This morning, as I was sipping
tea and planning my day, I visited my friend, Kristy Trautmann’s
Facebook Page. Kristy is the CEO of the FISA Foundation. I got to know her
through my board service and over the course of time we became friends.
Personally, Kristy is a wife and a mother and cares passionately about women.
Today, I read an article that Kristy posted a link to an article that really
got me thinking. It was entitled, “The
Question You Should be Asking at Holiday Parties”. The point of the article
was that women tend to allow our obligations to consume us and forget to
include fun in our lives.
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| Bowling with the family... |
Working Moms, What We Do for Fun Matters
It served as a good reminder. Last
night, my husband insisted that the family go bowling. I didn’t want to go
because I don’t like bowling and I had a lot of things I was planning to do. I
had been out all day with the kids at the museum and attending a blogging event
and had my evening planned. My husband specializes in the spontaneous and I’m
often resistant to it. I must admit that although I don't love bowling any more than I did previously, I did enjoy spending time with my brood engaging in an activity my husband really enjoys.
Bowling was the best colossal waste of time I ever experienced...
After reading the article, I
remembered the importance of fun. Life is more than working and being
productive. What we do for the pure joy of it matters too. Kristy, thanks for
the reminder.
