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Mom’s brutally honest ‘decade in review’ post is a reminder that no one’s life is perfect

Posted on January 6, 2020 By admin No Comments on Mom’s brutally honest ‘decade in review’ post is a reminder that no one’s life is perfect
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When it comes to social media, everyone presents an ideal version of themselves. You only post your best, most carefully-edited selfies, not the other dozen bad takes.

This can lead to some anxiety—looking through Facebook and Instagram, you’re only seeing the best of your friends’ lives: their vacation pics, cute baby photos, etc.

But most of us leave out the less-glamorous parts of our lives: stresses with work and family, financial and health problems, etc. You end up comparing your real life with a scrubbed-clean version of someone else’s.

But now one mom is getting brutally honest on social media, responding to a popular Twitter trend in a way that has people applauding.

As 2019 ended and brought the decade to a close, the hashtag #DecadeInReview started trending. Users tweeted lists of things they accomplished in the past decade—positive life events like getting a degree, getting married and having children.

#DecadeinReview
1. Finished highschool
2. Graduated with BSc 1st Hons in Biochemistry
3. Got married
4. Started 2 MSc
5. Had first child
6. Finished the 2 MSc
7. Moved into the UK
8. Started a #PhD
9. Had 2nd child
Looking forward to 2020 as a fresh start for my PhD. #phdchat

— Roxana Sava (@oanaroxana_sava) January 3, 2020

Christina Fattore, a professor and mother of two, made her own tweet on January 1. Reading it, it seems at first like a straightforward greatest hits list, like everyone else’s:

My decade in review:
Got engaged
Got married
Had baby #1
Bought a house
Tenured
Had Baby #2
Kicked ass at work

Now… want to know a secret? 1/

— Christina Fattore (@cfattorewvu) January 1, 2020

She listed milestones like getting married and engaged, having two children, and getting tenure at work.

But in a follow-up tweet, she pulls back the curtain, revealing that between those big accomplishments, there was a lot of strife and struggle:

My unedited decade in review:
Got engaged
Got married
Had surgery to better my chances of getting pregnant
Got pregnant
Had c-section #1
Dealt with crippling PPD
Bought a house
Almost didn’t get tenure
Cried for a whole semester due to house + tenure shit 2/

— Christina Fattore (@cfattorewvu) January 1, 2020

Her “unedited” review goes into the less-pleasant parts of her life. That tenure only came after “crying for a whole semester” and “fighting tooth and nail” for it.

And while having two children is a great life event, Christina writes that they only came after extensive fertility treatments, two c-sections and postpartum depression. She also underwent a hysterectomy.

Lost right ovary due to endometriosis (abdominal surgery #3)
Got tenure after fighting tooth and nail
Secondary infertility
Appendicitis (surgery #4)
Gave up on baby #2 after 15 cycles and insane stress
Somehow ended up pregnant
Had c-section #2 (surgery #5) 3/

— Christina Fattore (@cfattorewvu) January 1, 2020

It’s a brutally honest “year in review.” Like Christina, we’ve all been through hardships over the past decade, even though we’re not inclined to share it on social media.

Christina’s goal isn’t to harp on the negative parts of her life, but to just offer a refreshing reminder that no one’s life is perfect, no matter what Twitter says.

“I’m sharing this because you never know what others are going through,” she wrote. “I get sad when I hear people comparing themselves to others. Some years/decades are better than others.”

“Be kind to yourself and empathetic to others. Happy 2020, folks.”

The Twitter thread has been shared thousands of times. Many people praised Christina, sharing their own similar experiences.

Thks for sharing & being so honest. Made me tear up reading it & reflecting on the fact that we’re all dealing w. untold things behind-the-scenes & THAT is where real life lives. Not the shiny sound bites of achievements which tends to make the headlines.

— #ClaudineMoore (@ClaudineMoore) January 2, 2020

Christina’s viral post changed how people did their #DecadeInReview posts on Twitter.

Others have since done their own “unedited” posts, sharing the bad with the good:

#DecadeInReview
My Broadway unemployment ran out
Worked at a Bubba Gump Shrimp Co
Dumped by my agent and manager
Dumped by new manager
Fired third manager after 0 auditions in 6 months
Was miserable and broke in my MFA
Worked at a diner to save up money for EastSiders
/2

— Kit Williamson (@kitwilliamson) January 6, 2020

The 2020s will have ups and downs for everyone, but one thing we can do in this next decade is remember that it’s all part of life, and to not compare ourselves to others—they’re likely going through the same hardships.

Gepostet von Christina Fattore Morgan am Freitag, 8. November 2019

Thank you, Christina, for reminding us to keep things in perspective and remember that no one is perfect!

Spread this important lesson, share this story!

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