There’s lots to hate about social media, but there’s also lots to love. Like #throwbackthursday and #flashbackfriday, which is a wonderful opportunity to post old photos showing the world we were all younger and thinner once.
Maybe we should rename all the other days as well? Just think, you could swap them around depending on how you’re feeling. For example, here’s what this week looked like for me:
#motherfuckingmonday
Less #motivational and more #dyingofflu #selfemployed #stillneedtowork.
#tellitlikeitistuesday
This week’s podcast was recorded from my sick bed, surrounded by snotty tissues and not a hint of a sunset. Which got me thinking; there should be a movement to start telling it like it is one day a week. I propose Tuesday. Just imagine if every Tuesday we got to do a reality check. To throw off the pressure to present ourselves in a certain way, and say we’re sick of this bullshit. A day to embrace our messy, flawed, unfiltered lives. Our true authentic selves.*
#gettingtherewednesday
As a child I used to love Chemistry on a Wednesday afternoon, as I knew it meant I was halfway through the school week. This follows the same theme, but it’s more about the feeling that you’re finally getting a handle on all the stuff you needed to get done this week – more ‘I’ve got this’ than wishing it was the weekend already.
#wishIwasstillyoungandthinthursday
Basically how I felt after looking through all my old photo albums to find something to post on #throwbackthursday.
#fabfemalefriday
Because there are so many fabulous females out there who inspire and motivate. Incredible, empowering, trail-blazing women, from Emmeline Pankhurst to Rosa Parks, from Malala Yousafzai to Jane Goodall, from Dolly Parton to Jane Austen. The list is endless.
And what about women like Cricket and my mum? Plus all the thousands of ordinary women who are quietly going about doing their thing, but are no less extraordinary. I want to be celebrating them every damn week, not just on International Women’s Day. These amazing women give me more motivation than any yoga video ever could.
#stayinginagainsaturday
Hey ho.
#sodthissunday
The best day of all. When anything and all of it goes.