The Internet Lies – Part 1

I have just concluded a project I call, “Internet Honesty.” This is part 1: Mornings.

No matter how hard I try to be completely honest on the internet, I can’t quite do it. Each individual status update or Instagram picture is true, but looking at things as a whole doesn’t really paint an honest picture. It either seems as if I am perfect and everything is under control, or everything is a disaster and I’m on the brink of a psychotic break. But most of the time, everything is just average, maybe verging on crazy. 🙂

The point of this project was to give a better overall picture.

And what better way to do that than with a lot of pictures!

I took a photo of myself and my kids when we left the house each day for about a week (well, almost everyday. We were running really late on the days I missed). I chose a very average week with not too many things on the schedule that were out of the ordinary. Most days we were headed to the gym. The results were interesting. Here they are:

Continuing with the ‘honesty’ theme, I feel a little ashamed at how often we leave our house without shoes on, or with kids still in pajamas. And I’m slightly appalled at the fact that I only had everyone dressed at the same time 3 out of 8 days (that’s a failing grade).

But I was pleasantly surprised at how often we are smiling. 🙂 That’s something.

Welcome to my real life. Honestly.