I've been thinking about how being open with someone can go a long ways. I once had a conversation with my sister Sarah in which we were both agreeing that a trick to befriending someone is to open up to them. You decide how much you want to divulge and open up about; but the key is making it personal. It sends the message of "I have enough of an interest in being your friend that I am taking the step of confiding in you" and "I already trust to you to a degree, so I am going to tell you something personal." I'm not saying walk up to a stranger and yap in their face for an hour. I'm saying that this trick can work wonders when you are in the process of befriending someone.
With that said, I have decided that I want to be more open with people outside of my family. I can be a talkative Tiffany with family members, and a select few friends, but that's about it. To everyone else I am Audrey who is kinda tomboyish sometimes, and that's about it.
So I am going to tell you a secret. This is hard for me to do, but I think it will make me a better person. I have had an addiction for a while that almost nobody knows about. I don't like to talk about it because I feel exposed and ashamed. My addiction is
Pinterest. Did I scare any of you? Hahahahaha. Sorry (mom) if I gave you a heart attack. Oh, and when I say I have had this addiction for a while I mean 3 days, cause that's when I got a Pinterest account. I would hear about people (mostly Kat) talking about things they saw on Pinterest and how awesome Pinterest is. Then I started hearing about it more. So I looked it up. Within 10 minutes I was hooked. And you know what I decided? Pinterest is porn for women. Because it displays all things beautiful, creative, delicious, artistic, etc. However, I have a love hate relationship with Pinterest. I love it because I fantasize of acquiring or experiencing all of these wonderful things that I see on Pinterest. I hate it because oh yeah I don't have any money to buy those insanely cute clothes and oh yeah I am a broke, single undergrad, so owning my own home is waaaay hay hay hay down the road, let alone buying things to go in the home. And oh yeah I am a student so I don't have time to do creative things; all I do is read six psychology books and go to five psychology classes and work at a job that is at 7 a.m. every morning and that pays me as if I lived in the 1920s. So basically I hate looking at Pinterest knowing that I can't make it a reality. But you know what? Yes, I may be a tomboy and yes I may forget how to be girly sometimes, but I can assure you that when it comes to thing like home decor, just homes in general, clothes, holidays, cooking heavenly food, etc. I am ALL GIRL. Which is why Pinterest is the bomb. And it's clean. And there are millions of little tricks and do-it-yourself type things. Let me show you some gems.
(Her tattoo says "chin up")
Give Pinterest a whirl. It might suck you right in.
5 comments:
aaahhh i know! a lot of the blogs i read are always posting stuff from their pinterest board. and i love what i see but i'm scared. scared i might spend way too much time on there looking at hair do's and clothes.
i still love you event hough you have an addiction. heaven only knows, i'm an addict of music videos. yikes!
Audge, I'm glad to hear you're going to start opening up. I'd love to be your first friend you open up to! ;) Anyway, I am SO hooked on pinterest too. I love everything about it.
yeah girl! yeah! obviously you are not alone in this addiction. PIN ALL THE THINGS!!!!!
Yeah, I'm liking it too. Although I haven't started looking at others' boards yet. I've just enjoyed keeping the things I like all in one place.
GIrl, pinterest is the best thing ever. Well, besides family and a few friends like you. And my job. But other then that, pinterest has even successfully pulled me from my scrapbooking. (I know, what?!?!) Here's the thing, I'm in your boat, being a poor "student" (that's where all my money goes, so I claim it) but when we grow up and have children and can get a house, we will be PRO at being decorators. You can start cooking some of the stuff now- I have and it makes my time spent on it feel more justifiable since I'm applying it now. :)
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