Y’all may have heard of this mini movement. It all started with Jess’s Things I’m Afraid To Tell You posts (#2 and #3), which inspired Ez to start a challenge to herself and others, causing Meg to gather some more for a second round of Things I’m Afraid To Tell You, where bloggers are bearing their soul and getting real honest with each other and our readers.

I have always tried to be super transparent and honest on this blog. But the truth is Modern Eve is a highly edited version of my life. You see the photographs that I think make me look the best, the instagrams where I have styled things just right, the tweets that talk about how fabulous and fun my weekend is. It’s not that I don’t have ugly, sad or even boring days, it’s just that I don’t talk about them. So this post is truly quite huge. I am letting y’all into some aspects of my world that I typically don’t talk about. Yes, that means religion and politics, too. Here it goes…

I don’t clean my house. And I only have a maid come once a month. I know, it’s gross. To be fair, I actually do a very fairly decent job of keeping things put away and straightened. I hate clutter and like to have an organized home. But, I never run the vacuum, clean a toilet or dust. Husband doesn’t really either, so there you go. The day the maids come is a good day. The week before they come is kind of grimy.

I don’t work out. My close friends know this and I am not (too) ashamed of it, but for some reason admitting it to people I don’t know is hard. I definitely wouldn’t say I am lazy. I am always running around somewhere, working on some project, but I just hate the gym, I don’t see the point in running unless it’s to chase after a ball in a competitive team sport (which I am too out of shape to play), and I am too cheap to join a yoga gym. I’ve never really had to worry about my weight, but I am fearful it’s going to catch up with me once I have children. I recently was approached by a well-known fitness company to collaborate. I am embarrassed to tell them that it’s probably not a good fit.

I am very conservative in my political views. And I really hope Obama does not get re-elected. This one is actually probably the most terrifying for me to share. I know many of my friends and readers feel very differently about these issues. And while I am completely okay with that (the world would be a very boring place if we were all the same), I fear that y’all will not only judge, but actually hate me for my opinion.

I graduated from Seminary. That’s right. I have a Masters in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary. It’s something I never mention because honestly, I fear that it will stereotype me in a way I don’t want to be stereotyped. I’ve occasionally mentioned my faith in Jesus Christ before when it seems appropriate and not preachy, but for some reason acknowledging that I went to Seminary puts me in some whole other category. In fact, I actually hate the stereotype of Christian all together. Everyone, whether you’re a believer or a non-believer, has their own assumptions in their mind when someone announces that they’re a Christian, sometimes it’s positive and many times it’s negative. I am a follower of Jesus Christ, my faith is a the most important thing to me, and I would gladly have a conversation with anyone that wants to about that topic. But, I don’t have any plans for that to be an outright agenda for Modern Eve.

And yes, I am not using my masters degree that I am still paying student loans for. And I might be the only fashion/ style blogger ever to go to DTS. I am actually worried that I am going to come up on some google search now for the school and people will see my blog and think I have been led astray.

I would like to have children soon. This one is complicated. Originally Husband and I were planning on having children after three years of marriage. It’s been five years and we still don’t have children, by choice. I have been thinking more and more about starting a family, but I know Husband would like to be more financial secure. Most of our friends have children, but then there are others that are having a difficult time getting pregnant. I don’t know if I’m more afraid of having a hard time getting pregnant myself or feeling guilty for having an easy time.

I would love to be a full-time blogger. My insecurity is totally hearing laughter right now. I announced earlier today that I quit my job, but that does not mean that I am making enough (not even close!) to have Modern Eve, the blog, be my full-time job. I will be offering my freelance social media and online marketing services for other lifestyle brands, as well as collaborating with some friends on some really fun projects. But I really wish I could find more lucrative ways to make money through blogging alone.

Well, there you go. I don’t know if I feel a sigh of relief or want to go run and hide. Regardless, thank you so much for reading and hopefully not judging (too harshly). If you have written a Things I’m Afraid To Tell You Post, please leave a link to it in the comments and make sure to check out and support the other bloggers who are being vulnerable today.

Bloggers Who Participated in Wave No. 2:

Cassie: Coco + Kelley / Christine: Court & Hudson / Caitlin: Sacramento Street / Roxy: My Cup of Te / Crystal: Blog / Meg: MIMI+MEG / Ashlina: The Decorista / Katie: Modern Eve / Erin: Apartment 34 / Erica: Design Blahg / Victoria: Vmac & Cheese / Christine: Miles to Style / Franki: Life in a Venti Cup / Sue: The Zhush / Erika: Radiant Republic / Gabrielle: Savvy Home / Monika: The Doctor’s Closet / Naomi: Design Manifest/Tobe: Because It’s Awesome / Becca: {extra}ordinary wonders / Lynzy: Sparkling Footsteps / Hitha: Hitha On The Go / Sarah: Note To Self / Liz: So Much To Smile About / Sarah: Blogstar / Alissa: The Goods Design / Jessie: Style & Pepper / Erika: Small Shop Studio / AV: Long Distance Loving / Maggie: Maggie Rose Blog / Nicole: The City Girl In Me / Priscilla: The Best Laid Plans / Jen: Concrete Jungle DC / Janelle: Food Fashion Fitness / Natalie: East Coast Chic

Thanks again to Jess for her initial post, and to Ez for starting the movement.

Here are the bloggers that participated in Ez’s Wave No. 1 of Things I’m Afraid To Tell You:

Design for Mankind | Little Brown Pen | Beautiful Hello | Curating Style | Sweet Fine Day | The Jealous Curator | Happy Days | Sage & Berries | Really Handmade | Peck Life | Satsuma Press | Rena Tom | For the Easily Distracted | The Hemborg Wife | Vitamini Handmade | Courtney Khail Stationery and Design | Meg in Progress | Dando Photography Blog | Widdershins22 | Alison Citron | Pink Moon Daily | Just Pretty Things | From China Village | Tea with Me | The Darling Ewe | Not Your Average Ordinary | The Electric Typewriter | Elleby Design | Parsimonia {Secondhand With Style} | Life as an Artistpreneur | Hello Cupcake | Dellie | The A & B Stories | Pretty Little Things | Feistyelle | Nib & Zed | Well and Cheaply | I Ripple. I Dance. | Whitfield Awesome Blog | Foxtrot Press | Dry As Toast | The List of Now | Apple Blue | For the Love of | Four Flights of Fancy | Miss Modish | Snapshots & Secrets | Dirty Laundry | Bubby & Bean | Penelope’s Press | Little Nostalgia | Vale Design | Pikaland | Fleurishing | Print Pretty | Vespa Tales | Hazel & Agnes | Amanda’s Musings | Mo’ Funk Designs | Ordinary Mommy | Camp 1899 | In Honor of Design | Liberty’s Yarn | Love, Life & Pictures | Stacey Winters | Owl in the Rain | Living Life Creatively | Emma Elizabeth Clease | I Live in Vacouver Now | British Cream Tea

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