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When I signed onto facebook today I noticed several people with statuses saying, "Day 2: I'm thankful for..." So, I guess there's this "thing" on facebook where people post one thing they're thankful for each day in November. Remember yesterday I said that I'm doing my second annual thankful list this month? Well, I kind of want to quit it.
You see, I don't really like to do what everyone is doing. I don't like to have the same purse or shoes or hairstyle as any my friends. Actually, I'll usually stop wearing the purse or shoes and change my hair if someone has the same. I don't like to be so completely different to where I stand out, but I do like to be a little bit different.
I kind of have a little bit of pride of doing something or wearing a trend or joining something. Facebook is a good example of this. When most of my friends thought myspace was still cool (because they could change their wallpaper and have music playing! ha!) and wouldn't join facebook I was on there! I guess it's a weird little quirk of mine. (I might get it from my dad, who doesn't mind being completely different and, yes, my husband finds pride in not being like everyone else. Even though he would never admit it.)
So, do you like to be a little different, too, or do you not mind?
As for 30 Days of Thankfulness, well, I'm still going to do it. During every season of my life, good or incredibly difficult, I want to focus on how much I have to be thankful for and all the blessings in my life.
I'm thankful for... the gym childcare. Today I dropped off Silas and Finley and did schoolwork with Judah and Samuel in the cafe. Tomorrow I'm going to my favorite class (and I'm going to be SO sore)! Sometimes I have coffee or lunch with a friend, sometimes I lay by the pool, sometimes I get a great workout, but it's so nice having a convenient place to drop off my kids for an hour or two. It doesn't hurt that it's right around the corner from my house either.
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Growing up, my sister was the same way and as I get older, I'm the same way, too.
ReplyDeleteI definitely have marched to the beat of my own drum my whole life. I had to learn at an early age to be fiercely proud and true to myself (I was a preemie so I'm on the small side and I'm Irish so I don't tan & have super curly hair). My Mom taught me to be brave and that I could make anything I wanted 'cool' {smart lady}.
ReplyDeleteI am EXACTLY the same way. I saw the same thing today and it made me not want to do it. Is this a flaw? haha! I'm glad you are still doing yours. It's a tradition, and traditions are good. Even ones that everyone jumps on from time to time.
ReplyDeletei read your blog idea BEFORE i saw it all over facebook. i'm glad you are still doing it. everyone should be thankful mama. it's not a trend it's just the way to be!
ReplyDeleteI can totally be like that too...but when it comes to thankfulness...go with the crowd. =) God will use that.
ReplyDeleteI started a blessings box where every day I write the things I have to be thankful for...and when I'm stickin' with it, it does amazeballs things for me.
xoxo
Oh me too!
ReplyDeleteThe gym is my sanity - and sometimes the only way I can get a decent shower/blow dry in :)
i feel the same way about liking to be a little bit different. how you feel about myspace/facebook is how i feel about my favorite band, the decemberists. i have been listening to them since i was 18, which was 9 years ago. and now it kind of makes me sad that they are considered a hipster band.
ReplyDeletemorgan, i know exactly what you mean! even back in grade school i liked to be a little different. sometimes it was hard because different isn't always "cool" but it's who we are, right? i loved this post and i love what you are thankful for.
ReplyDeletei too have always had pride in being a bit different and quirky. ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm a little bit like that also! I do take pride to be "diferent", but I don't go on efforts to be like that just for that itself. I like to do things my own way, be them diferent or not. I like to make decision based on my likes, and sometimes that leads me to "unique" paths other people may find weird. But if the stuff I do is considered common, I'm ok too. As long as it makes me happy! =)
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i can totally relate, i am the same way!
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Oh my. That's so me. I'm not good at the follow the leader thing. In fact, I may be the only person on this side of the planet who doesn't have Facebook or MySpace(Does it still exist?). I'm not a good little Bible Study girl; I don't blend. Sometimes people don't understand that.
ReplyDeleteWhen's your birthday? My son's is on Saturday and mine is on the 27th. I will be doing the opposite of all my friends and actually announce my age, perhaps on a T-shirt:)
I like to be different, too. This year, I was the one who started the trend with all of my friends (I hadn't seen anyone do it, and my first status was copied by TONS of people). It's kind of annoying that EVERYONE is doing it, too, but that's okay. B/c I look at it as I helped others to realize their blessings, big and small. So I try to look at that positive when I feel like they're all being a bunch of copy-cats. :-)
ReplyDeleteI don't think anyone likes to feel like they are following the crowd. I like to like what I like because I like it (got that? haha). If I don't like something I want it to be because I don't like it...not just because someone else does. That seems just as silly as following the crowd. I had some college friends who self described themselves as "music snobs". They prided themselves on liking music no one knew about and would be careful who they "shared" their music with. If a band became too popular or mainstream they would stop listening to them. That just seemed silly to me. Why give up something you love bc you don't want to be sterotyped into being one of the crowd? Then it seems like you really do care a lot what people are thinking about you. I think it's best to be who you are and love what you love for the sole reason of loving it :) Don't be afraid to stand out or blend in.
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