{"id":60849,"date":"2021-07-06T10:25:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T14:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/?p=60849"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:32:42","slug":"overwhelm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/overwhelm\/","title":{"rendered":"The simple solution to homeschool envy and internet overwhelm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/overwhelm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-60852 noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60852\" src=\"http:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0792-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"breaking up with the internet\" width=\"601\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0792-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0792-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0792-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0792-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0792-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0792-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0792-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0792.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The simple solution to homeschool envy and internet overwhelm ~<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/kelizabethfleck.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Written by Kara Fleck<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">O<\/span>nce upon a time, in a season of self doubt and struggle, I was feeling overburdened with homeschool FOMO (fear of missing out). Comparison was hurting my pride.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I needed to remember that there is a simple solution to my Homeschool Envy and internet overwhelm: unplug.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>Unplug.<\/p>\n<p>Super simple, but a reminder I need from time to time. I unplugged and within a few days I could feel the knots untangling and my confidence returning.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you need to hear it, too? Are you feeling like your homeschool doesn&#8217;t measure up to the picture perfect images we are bombarded with? Are you doubting your abilities?<\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps your doubt isn&#8217;t homeschool related. Is there is something else troubling you and giving you pause about your own worth and abilities?<\/p>\n<h2>The simple solution to Instagram homeschool envy and internet overwhelm<\/h2>\n<p><b>Before you quit (homeschool, baking, photography, writing, painting, whatever it is), try this:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>UNPLUG.<\/p>\n<p>No Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>No Pinterest.<\/p>\n<p>No YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>No Facebook group.<\/p>\n<p>No email newsletters.<\/p>\n<p>None of it.<\/p>\n<p>Those things can be lovely and inspirational and informative. Networking, learning from each other, being genuine fans and appreciating each other in this wonderful, wide internet can be a very positive thing.<\/p>\n<p>I know this. I live this. I love this! (well, most of the time)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The last thing I personally want to be to any of my audience is a source of discouragement.<\/strong> In fact, that is the opposite of why I am putting myself and our homeschool out here.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m here because I want to inspire, to encourage, and to show that if messy, imperfect me and my messy, imperfect family can do this then you and your family can, too.<\/p>\n<p>I sure do like a pretty picture. A well composed blog post is my pride. I&#8217;m selective about what I put on my social media. I love playing with filters and light and color.<\/p>\n<p>Advances in technology let many of us amateurs play around with professional looking results. <strong>Looks can be deceiving.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/overwhelm\/acs_0793\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60853\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60853\" src=\"http:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0793-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"free up your time for other things\" width=\"485\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0793-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0793-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0793.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Quiet the electronic hum<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m a social media creator but I&#8217;m also a consumer.<\/p>\n<p>And as a consumer I speak from experience when I say that the moment those pins and images and essays and memes and resource lists start becoming the impossible ruler you measure yourself up against &#8211; you vs. the entire internet &#8211; the moment you start comparing yourself to that booming collective voice &#8230; unplug.<\/p>\n<p><b>Disconnect from the outside influence, judgement, and comments.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Quiet that electronic hum, mute those groups, unfollow folks that make you feel less than.<\/p>\n<p>Close the curtain on the virtual window, stop taking in all the visuals of other people&#8217;s work and lives &#8230; and give yourself time alone with your craft, your skill, your family&#8217;s homeschool.<\/p>\n<p>Take that time for just you and your writing. Your painting. Your THING. Let yourself and your kids simmer in those things. Take a true break.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shut everything out and measure yourself against &#8230; yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And then see how you feel afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Right now you want to quit.<\/p>\n<p>And maybe you should. There might be some legitimacy to that feeling you have.<\/p>\n<p>But ask yourself, be honest, WHY do you want to quit? WHAT is telling you to stop?<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time you loved this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Once upon a time it was a perfect fit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps that has changed.<\/p>\n<p>Or, perhaps what has changed is that you&#8217;re spending too much time watching and viewing and not enough time actually enjoying and doing.<\/p>\n<p>Or you&#8217;re doing, but you feel like the entire world is looking over your shoulder, judging and trolling. <strong>Don&#8217;t forget you&#8217;ve got some control there. You can turn it off.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/overwhelm\/acs_0791\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60854\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60854\" src=\"http:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0791-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"treat yourself to screen free time\" width=\"657\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0791-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0791-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0791-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0791-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0791-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0791-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0791-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ACS_0791.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Apples and oranges<\/h3>\n<p>I think we also need to be careful not to compare our oranges to someone else&#8217;s apples: don&#8217;t compare someone else&#8217;s photography talent with your ability to homeschool in real life. These are two different things.\u00a0 Yes, a person can be great at both, but it&#8217;s not fair or accurate to judge those separate skill sets against each other.<\/p>\n<p>For example, my husband is a fantastic cook. I&#8217;ve been happily eating meals he makes for almost half of my life. However, a food photographer he is not. He just isn&#8217;t very skilled at capturing the beauty and deliciousness of the plates of food he makes. It wouldn&#8217;t be fair, or accurate, to call him a poor cook based on his photography skills.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t measure your success this way, friends. It isn&#8217;t accurate.<\/p>\n<h3>Everyone else isn&#8217;t doing it all. I promise.<\/h3>\n<p>Unplug. Step back. Focus just on creating and learning. The internet will still be there when you&#8217;re ready to come back.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Live!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Learn!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Do!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Be!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because I have a hunch that maybe part of what is going on here is just good old self doubt. And self doubt is really hard to be rational about when you&#8217;re faced with dozens and dozens of images and words and messages of EVERYONE DOING EVERYTHING.<\/p>\n<p><i>And you know everyone isn&#8217;t doing everything, right?\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>It just looks that way because the internet is one big collective voice highlight reel.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Maybe you&#8217;ll still need to quit, to let this particular chapter of life go. That&#8217;s okay. You know your life and your family better than anyone else. <strong>And in the internet free quiet you&#8217;ll be able to hear your inner voice better when and if you make changes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be able to make the decision from a clear, comparison free place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maybe once you&#8217;ve cleared out some of that digital clutter, what you&#8217;ll find in those free spaces is exactly what you need to keep going.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>What works for you when you&#8217;re overcome with homeschool envy?<\/em>\u00a0Let us know in the <a href=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/overwhelm\/#comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comments<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What&#8217;s Your Homeschool Mom Personality? Take Jamie&#8217;s quiz now<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and receive a free personality report to help you organize your homeschool based on what your personality type needs most!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Originally published on June 18, 2019<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The simple solution to homeschool envy and internet overwhelm ~ Written by Kara Fleck Once upon a time, in a season of self doubt and struggle, I was feeling overburdened with homeschool FOMO (fear of missing out). Comparison was hurting my pride. 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