Most working women agree that mornings can be chaotic. Throw children into the mix and things get even more interesting! But the media and even our own selves, love to paint a different picture to the outside world. You know what I am talking about. I mean, who looks like this at 6:30 in the morning?! Yet we see it on social media showing the perfect breakfast, everyone happy, etc… Maybe this is your reality, and if so then I probably hate you. LOL! My reality is running around shoving fruit at kids as they are perpetually late to the bus because they forgot where they put their other shoe or didn’t finish a “small” section of homework that of course needs my help. By the time I even get a cup of coffee in my hand it’s already mid morning and the baby needs yet another diaper change…ha! And forget getting dressed before 9! Thank goodness I work at home now!
The new ”Organic Balance Real Morning Report” shows that “real” women get their days started in some interesting ways…especially when compared to the images of how perfect women on TV or in social media updates appear to. SoundView Research conducted an initial scientific poll in February 2016 among 1,000 American women ages 25 to 54 who work full time. The surprising and sometimes hilarious findings (a few are below) are irresistible.
• Uber and chow: 79% of women admit to eating breakfast in a moving vehicle.
• TGIM? Heck no: Only 16% of women would ever describe their morning with the hashtag #blessed.
• Maid, not made: 33% of women never make their bed, ever.
• Blowouts before Bagels: Hair, shower and makeup outrank breakfast in order of importance to women.
• Airing/Wearing their dirty laundry: 36% of women will knowingly re-wear dirty laundry this month. 88% will wear jeans more than once without washing them.
• Penicillin, schmenicillin: 9% cite dry shampoo as among the greatest inventions of the 20th century.
• Accessory after the splat: 21% of women have used an article of clothing to camouflage a stain
The Organic Balance Morning Report aims to reveal secret truths about women’s a.m. habits. Its purpose is to deflate the myth of the perfect woman—as seen on TV, Facebook and Instagram—and start a real conversation about all the craziness that modern life entails, whether that be answering business emails on the toilet or wearing the same bra for five days or more—which 26% of women have done, according to the study. Additional Morning Report findings show that working women today embrace their crazy lives, but they’re always on the lookout for better life pro tips and hacks.
To add your 2 cents, take the survey here! Most of us are not the Pinterest perfect moms, especially in the morning! Why not embrace the chaos? I say this as I look at the 3 day old sweats I am wearing, laundry to fold on the couch and yes, I use dry shampoo! I also love Organic Valley!
