Pinterest may be inspiring some people in more ways than cake decorating and home decor. According to a new survey, it's causing stress in about 42 percent of users hoping for the picture-perfect hacks and crafts seemingly achieved so easily by fellow pinners.
Pinterest can also be a source of stress management, as about.com reported, encouraging people struggling with anxiety to use the site not for comparison purposes, but to engage further with established hobbies.
Lifestyle site Apartment Therapy suggests those trying to kick their Pinterest habit visit sites like Pinterest Fail, Pinterest, You Are Drunk and Pinstrosity to get a dose of humor and reality for many Pinterest projects.
For those who are feeling the stress but don't plan on quitting pinning anytime soon, here are some stress-busting quotes that might inspire a new anxiety-management board.
1. "Worry is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere." Zen proverb
2. "Worry is a misuse of your imagination." Curiano.com
3. "What you resist persists." Carl Jung
4. "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
5. "Expectation is the root of all heartache." William Shakespeare
6. "Life is not a matter of having good cards, but playing a poor hand well." Robert Louis Stevenson
7. "You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." Christopher Robin, "Winnie the Pooh"
8. "She believed she could, so she did." C.S. Lewis
9. "You have the power at any moment to say, 'This is not how the story is going to end.'" Christine Mason Miller
10. "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Maya Angelou
Pinterest can also be a source of stress management, as about.com reported, encouraging people struggling with anxiety to use the site not for comparison purposes, but to engage further with established hobbies.
Lifestyle site Apartment Therapy suggests those trying to kick their Pinterest habit visit sites like Pinterest Fail, Pinterest, You Are Drunk and Pinstrosity to get a dose of humor and reality for many Pinterest projects.
For those who are feeling the stress but don't plan on quitting pinning anytime soon, here are some stress-busting quotes that might inspire a new anxiety-management board.
1. "Worry is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere." Zen proverb
2. "Worry is a misuse of your imagination." Curiano.com
3. "What you resist persists." Carl Jung
4. "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
5. "Expectation is the root of all heartache." William Shakespeare
6. "Life is not a matter of having good cards, but playing a poor hand well." Robert Louis Stevenson
7. "You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." Christopher Robin, "Winnie the Pooh"
8. "She believed she could, so she did." C.S. Lewis
9. "You have the power at any moment to say, 'This is not how the story is going to end.'" Christine Mason Miller
10. "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Maya Angelou