How it started versus how it’s going…

If I give you that prompt, you’re supposed to show me how you’re smashing it. Or how you started off cute, and you’re just getting cuter. Maybe it’s your house renovation and how what started as a shell is now a desirable, instagramable abode. 

But the thing is, the journey is not linear and you’re not supposed to stay the same. Nothing is. Even great, granite statues are weatherer by time and pooped on. There is no straight line that leads you from A to B. You will most likely go from A to P and then back to C before leapfrogging to T missing out Q,R and S entirely. Or perhaps you’ll start at Z or B. The thing is that life is not linear, and neither are you. The trajectory will, and will always, change.

I know the #howitstartedhowitsgoing challenge is supposed to be fun, and actually it really is. It’s a great way to show how far you’ve come, or what you’ve achieved or how you’ve turned things around for yourself, but it’s also a ready-made way to compare yourself and feel less, because what it doesn’t show is the hard work it’s taken to get to where that person is, or the sacrifices, or the make up…

Let’s face it, the carefully curated world of social media isn’t going to give you a warm, fuzzy glow when it appears that everyone else is doing better than you. It’s going to make you feel ‘less than’. But the thing is, if you use it for yourself, without the need for comparison, it can be quite powerful. All too often we forget what we’ve achieved, the hurdles we’ve jumped, the hills we’ve climbed, the battles we’ve fought and won.