No More Guilt Pt. 2
Since I suddenly feel empowered and on a roll, here are other things I refuse to feel guilty about anymore in 2014.
1. Yes. Yes I deleted (Enter Person Here) from my Facebook Friends list. Why? Likely no personal reason at all other than the fact I had over 1,000 friends and I wanted to get down to a more manageable level under 500. And yes, in fact I DO KNOW 1,000+ people. I’m social, I’m involved. I keep in touch with people. (I worked professionally in community relations/fundraising/public relations!) But that doesn’t mean I need to follow you on Facebook because I know you or because you are an old acquaintance or a friend who never engages on social media anyhow or you are a friend who isn’t in my everyday life anymore. Yeah, I also have been deleting the negative nellies. People who are always “woe is me” and pretty much aren’t the nicest people in the world to begin with. We all have problems, that’s what life is about, and one way to deal with problems is sharing with others, but if you are constantly miserable and posting vaguebook status updates, yeah. Not interested. Deleting the drama I call it. But outside of those few dramatic peeps, it’s just because I wanted a smaller circle. No need to take it personally.
NO GUILT!
2. Just because I’m an awesome super fantastic intelligent connected (and so humble) person (ha, ha…) doesn’t mean I need to volunteer for an organization or an event because they need “me” or “my social media skills.” There are seriously a million organizations I could volunteer/work with…and I’m so, so happy that so many of my friends are out there supporting wonderful organizations doing great things….and causes that are important. HOWEVER. I need to remember that I should be volunteering my time and talents to organizations because I WANT TO not because I CAN AND I WAS ASKED OR I SHOULD. I do feel guilty over this because I don’t want to let my friends down and I am trying to get better…but if it is something that my heart isn’t 100% attached to, for whatever reason, I need to step away. Again, nothing personal. It just isn’t MY thing. And if I do choose to volunteer/work for an organization that I feel is taking advantage of me/my talents or quite frankly ignoring my skill set and not appreciating or utilizing my assistance…I’m over it. No guilt. I’m moving on to some place where I truly can make a difference and they want me there.
No guilt.
3. I sent a silly post over text message to a bunch of friends the other day, something I would have one time put on my blog but now thought twice about. My friend Stephanie called me out and said “I didn’t think you censored anything on your blog!” And to that, I realized…good golly I’ve been censoring EVERYTHING on my blog the past year or so. And for what purpose? Because I feel guilty that I have happy things to share? REALLY? Could I need a more ridiculous reason? I posted for years about the happy times and the struggles and now that I’m at a totally unrealistically wonderful point in my life, I am censoring myself?
No more guilt. I’m ALL THINGS JENNIFER right?
Anyone have any other things to add to this list to BANISH FEELING GUILTY ABOUT IN 2014?
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