I hadn’t heard of this issue (maybe I don’t spend enough time on Pinterest?), but I think you are onto something. Recommended reading: 16 Ways to Become More Content over at Money Saving Mom.Īre you on Pinterest? How does it make you feel? Remind yourself that this is hard for you, and you’re going to struggle with it a bit. If you find Pinterest helpful and fun, then have at it.īut if Pinterest messes with your head, don’t let comparison steal your joy. Diagnose yourself: does Pinterest make you feel bad? To paraphrase Gretchen, is this tool serving you or oppressing you? Just knowing that social comparison is real, and that some people experience it more than others, can help you shake free of it. Some of us are much more likely than others to feel badly about ourselves after browsing Pinterest.
But her explanation illumines not only my daughter’s frequent complaints, but Pinterest-driven inferiority complex syndrome as well. Gretchen wasn’t discussing Pinterest (though she did mention Facebook, which has been the subject of numerous social comparison studies). I have no idea why she does it this tendency seems to be innate.Īnd that’s when I remembered something Gretchen Rubin said about technology and self-image: When it comes to social comparison, “Some people are just much more inclined this way than others…and some people aren’t so much that way.” This child is quick to compare herself with others, and often finds herself lacking. Last week, I was listening to my daughter complain that her dress wasn’t as pretty as her sister’s–a common occurrence in my house.
Or that something in me recognized the futility of comparing my life to what is essentially a neverending magazine.īut I wonder if the explanation is more simple than that. Or that as someone who creates web content, I have a better idea of what’s just outside the frame of all those beautiful pinned photos. I thought maybe Pinterest didn’t get to me because I was content with my life. But I struggled to understand why Pinterest was such a big deal for them, when it wasn’t for me. I believe this problem is real: too many women experience Pinterest-driven discontent to just dismiss it. I don’t spend a ton of time browsing, and I can’t recall a time I’ve been struck green with envy whilst in front of my computer. I use it to track my books and show Stitch Fix what I’m into. I use Pinterest to track of ideas and images I used to throw into two dozen poorly organized bookmarks folders. Surely you’ve heard women complain about how Pinterest makes them feel lacking because they can never live up to the standards set by those perfect pinboards. Trending now: women saying Pinterest makes them feel inadequate.
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