Social media. Can’t live with it, can’t live without it. Well, you can live without it, but you would be out of the “know” on a lot of things. Sometimes I really love it, but I can say it definitely gets to me at times. Last summer, I almost gave it up. My husband and I were house hunting, and things were just kind of stressful. My youngest was around four months. I was going to take a break for three months. Well, I ended up taking a break for three weeks, but I really needed it. Parenting isn’t always easy, and I think that social media masks the hard parts at times (especially when you are sleep deprived). Not saying I want to see other kids meltdowns on Facebook, but I think I forget sometimes that social media isn’t real life.

Why would anyone want to take a break from Facebook or similar sites?

If you say anything close to these 4 things when viewing Social Media:

• A picture of someone’s perfect organic dinner makes you feel like a failed cook
• Wow, everyone looks fantastic in that family photo; even their hair is perfect
• You start to wonder why you didn’t think up something interesting to post
• You never do anything fun compared to all the cool activities your friends are doing

Okay, I could have made this list a lot longer, but I think you get the picture. Everyone’s life isn’t perfect. I know that I would be way more annoyed to see people being miserable on Facebook, but I think sometimes we all forget that Facebook, along with other social networks, are not reality. It’s life filtered. Your friends are going to want to show you a great photo of their family. Odds are, people aren’t going to post a photo of what they look like right when they first wake up in the morning (well, I’m going to hope that I don’t ever see one, but you never know).

Anyway, it’s okay to take a break from social media if you need to remember that you aren’t a boring person who has bad hair and makes stupid meals.