It was my youngest son Charlie’s half birthday recently.

 

Six months old the little fella was (Note: He’s now 7 months old – this has been sitting as a half written blog for a while).

 

I was taking a picture of him and his siblings.

 

I had to redo it a couple of times when I noticed it wasn’t the ‘cleanest’ of shots.

 

Some ironing on the sofa.

 

Some loose toys.

 

Baby wipes, etc.

 

I’m sure I’m not the only one that does this.

 

Making your pictures look better by removing certain things from this.

 

If I’d done a 180, you’d have got a shot of the piles of ironing we were working through.

 

The mountains of crap that miraculously build up only hours after the last tidy.

 

What we see on Facebook is very rarely fully reflective of real life.

 

And there’s more and more research showing that this endless beaming of everyone else’s idealised lives into our lives………….

 

Is a contributing factor to decreased happiness levels, depression, etc.

 

100 years ago people lived in absolute poverty but were (relatively) happy.

 

Now, if we’re not ‘keeping up with The Kardashians’ it can feel like we’re failing at life.

 

Social media can be a great tool and it has it’s place.

 

Hell, it’s a huge part of how we communicate with our ninjas.

 

But it’s useful to remember it’s ‘limitations’.

 

And to have a ‘countering force’.

 

A reminder that you’re doing well.

 

Although I’m sure there are things in your life you might like to be different (you’re the only person I know if not)………….

 

There is tonnes you’re doing great at.

 

Stop and have a little think about that.

 

About what those things are.

 

Keep working on those things that can be changed.

 

Don’t worry about those that can’t.

 

And be proud of what you’re already doing 🙂

 

 

Much love,

 

Jon ‘Khloe’ Hall and Matt ‘Kourtney’ Nicholson

 

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Jon Hall
Jon Hall

When not helping people to transform their lives and bodies, Jon can usually be found either playing with his kids or taxi-ing them around. If you'd like to find out more about what we do at RISE then enter your details in the box to the right or bottom of this page or at myrise.co.uk - this is the same way every single one of the hundreds who've described this as "one of the best decisions I've ever made" took their first step.