Perfectly Imperfect

Perfectly Imperfect

Sometimes I feel as though I am not a real blogger. But what the heck is a real blogger anyway? I always thought it was someone who has a perfect life, a perfect closet, and an endless amount of ideas. But then I thought “who in the world is perfect?” Blake Lively, maybe, but besides her I honestly can’t think of anyone. I feel like a lot of bloggers that I read emit this sense that their life is a big fact shiny gold bubble of perfection.

I love the people whose blogs I read, but I know that deep down they must have bad days. Don’t they sometimes feel like they don’t have any clothes, even though their closet is filled to the brim with them? Don’t they sometimes burn their food, and in that case have nothing to Instagram? Then I could relate, because these things happen to me too. I am not perfect and nobody is. I just want to let you all know that I am not shaming anyone for making their life look like it’s filled with rainbows and unicorns, I’m just saying that sometimes it’s nice to know that rainbows do come after rain (especially the rain that ruins picture days) and unicorns do poop.

I am guilty of making my life seem better than it is. But I’m no longer going to hide the fact that sometimes I sit in my room on Friday nights reading John Green books for the second (or maybe third time). Or that I trip when I go for runs and cry harder over the fact that my phone just shattered rather than the fact that I’m bleeding. Or how I kill flowers right after I buy them from the store.

So I’m just preparing you for the fact that I am going to start sharing awkward / weird stories about myself on here. They might be sporadically or that might be back to back, it just depends on how particularly awkward I’m feeling.

So yeah, there’s your warning. So go on and be your perfectly imperfect self, just like the rest of us, contrary to popular belief.

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  • Jen West

    haha! I love it. You should see the poor dead herbs in my herb garden pallet. Yep, DEAD. No green anywhere. Like dried up leaves. Was my most popular post to date, and they are dead. And I burn stuff all the time. Never have anything fun to wear. I am FAR from perfect. But most people who know me already know that! Lol.

  • suzanne

    Being real makes bloggers more interesting than looking at yet another fake picture perfect life. People don’t relate to that.

    To err is human : )

    bisous
    Suzanne

  • http://www.fortsmithstylista.blogspot.com/ Jan Graham-McMillen

    Unicorns poop? No. Really? Damn.

    You crack me up. Post away with your disasters, just keep posting, please. I love whatever you guys have to say. This post makes me feel better because I’ve been doing way more than my share of whining lately, what with the burn and the hair and now the bad blog advice from baby-editors.
    I know what you mean, but rather than making life look better than it is, my perception of what you do (and my modus opperandi, usually) is to present the best side of what our lives are like. For me (and for you too, I bet) clothes are usually one of the fun parts.
    And since my blog is only about what I am thinking about what I’m wearing … it’s usually rosy to some extent, ’cause this is one of my hobbies.

    And now you tell me unicorns poop? Nawwwww …. surely not. How do you know?
    (Here I am picturing a little pile of glitter in the corner of the room…!)

  • http://www.popcosmo.com/ PopCosmo

    Exactly! Just once we want to see that first batch of burnt scones :)

  • http://www.popcosmo.com/ PopCosmo

    OH no… is it because you didn’t water them?? Probably because you were so busy building other amazing projects. You may not be perfect, but gosh you make some serious DIY crafts :)

  • http://www.popcosmo.com/ PopCosmo

    Your posts are SO much fun to read… and so real. We love them! HAHA - glitter poop :) It would be, wouldn’t it?! And yeah, rosy is good. Rosy is ok. But completely ignoring anything real? That’s what gets us. But maybe perfection does exist (just not around here).

  • cYa

    Chloe you are so fabulous. I can’t wait to read these posts!
    xoxo,
    cYa
    citrusandstyle.blogspot.com

  • Meghan

    I love it, I actually love reading a variety of posts from bloggers, the shiny ones and the real ones where its like hey I am having a mini meltdown posts. Looking forward to the posts to come.

    Meg | meghansilva.blogspot.com

  • http://www.popcosmo.com/ PopCosmo

    It’s true - both are fun to read!!! And somewhere in-between the my-life-is-perfect and my-life-is-the-worst is where I think my favorite is. It’s full of ups & downs…. from day to day!

  • Highland Fashionista

    We ALL feel that pressure, heightened by the constant barrage of “how-to’s of blogging” that are floating around out there. How to have better photos, how to make more interesting content….blah, blah….I find that we all run the risk of making ourselves into one big pile of sameness if we don’t allow ourselves the occasion to just keep it a bit real. I try to take a laid-back approach to my blog. I don’t beat myself up if I’m not crazy about an outfit or my photos are a wee bit off. Which they are….a lot. I really enjoy blogging. I enjoy the process, and enjoy the writing (which I think is essential…the writing bit). If it becomes a slog, then something is wrong. Once you allow yourself to have flaws and the occasional off post, it gets better. Just like everything else in life. What is a “real” blogger anyway?

  • http://stylingtrendgirls.blogspot.com/ Emmy Surface

    Sadly enough…I tend to lie about having a ‘perfect’ life on my blog(s), but it’s always so much better to hear the truth and speak the truth.

    cherryontopteen.blogspot.com

  • http://the-travel-guru.com/ Roni Faida

    I have always wondered why people think perfect is cool. Ok a baby laughing is absolutely perfect and should be but life is complicated. I don’t think my travel blog should always talk about the crap that happens but there are sometimes I have to write about it and that’s ok.

    Sometimes my pics are dark and I can’t fix them. Oh well. Sometimes I forget to take a picture of something I needed for my story. I don’t hide that fact, I talk about it and explain to my readers what happened. I never lie or exaggerate, that isn’t authentic. I’m human, I’m flawed and I’m fabulous… just like you.