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Pinterest is great for so many reasons but I never thought I would resort to using it in a therapeutic way.  Recently, I suffered from a full day of anxiety and irritation, due to an inane set of events which were completely out of my control.  Even my ride home was awful.  My mother always told me never to drive behind someone wearing a hat.  For the 100th time, she was right.  While the man, with hat of course, drove in front of me, I had a strong urge to accelerate and push him off the road… yes, I realize I am sounding like a crazy person but we have all been there.

Finally home, I put my little ones to bed.  Instead of cleaning up like I usually do, I chose to turn the tv off, plant myself on my couch, put my feet up and just breathe… that lasted about a minute.  Bored, thinking of brainless activities to keep myself occupied, it came to me!  Out of the corner of my eye, I could see my iPad.  I jumped up, poured myself a glass of wine and grabbed my infamous iPad.  Starting with a few games, not doing well, and getting frustrated once again, I could only wish for a masseuse to relieve my stress.  I stopped playing games and stared at the screen.  There it was, right in front of me… The Pinterest icon.  The pretty red and white icon in all it’s simplicity was calling my name.

It had been some time since I had used Pinterest.  Although not much has changed, the site never quite bores.  Starting with a few of my friends walls, I found some nice things to pin.  Moving on, I decided to search using the term “white”.  Somehow, my white wall always gives me pleasant feeling.  It has a calming factor.  Quickly, I noticed pins with quotes, a word here and there, even poems.  Most were positive and helped get me to a ”feel good” state of mind.  I noticed the tension in my back slowly dissipated and my mood swinging back to positive.  I was feeling better and it cost me absolutely nothing… amazing what something so simple can do…  I created a Pinterest Wall dedicated to that evening called “Pinteresting Words.”  See my wall below!