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That’s because Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.org decided to tackle the important issues by debuting a whole new line of [stock photos ](http://www.gettyimages.com/Creative/Frontdoor/leanin)through Getty Images that shows real women doing real things, instead of multi-armed, multitasking octopus women eating yogurt or smiling at scales. Here is a chronology of your perfect life through the Lean In photos, compared to the yoga-doing, salad-laughing nightmare that would be a life in stock photos. Choose your own adventure. **1) Eating Salad** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) You eat real food with your friends, like cheese and wine, and you can stop trying to force that single cherry tomato into your frozen smile. **2) Multitasking:** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) You’re great at multitasking, but you do it at your normal-looking desk and you don’t type anything with your toes. **3) Leading a Meeting:** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) You’re able to lead meetings without writing random stuff on glass like in _The Social Network._ **4) Eating and Working:** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) Sometimes you’re busy so you need a snack, but that doesn’t mean you grow extra arms. **5) Jobs That Aren’t At An Office** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) Your friends are also regular people who work in regular jobs, not hammer-toting supermodels. **6) Exercise** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) You have lifted weights, but you have never grinned at a scale, or crouched on one. **7) Beauty:** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) You know this lady who runs your favorite salon, but you don’t know this faceless pair of lips. **8) You’re Pregnant!** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) You probably still exercise even if you’re pregnant, and you can finally stop trying to be happy about that scale. Enough with the scale. **9) Work and Kids:** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) Your kid is totally fine when you drop him off at the bus before you go to work, not like this other brat. **10) Dads:** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) Your hot husband sometimes takes your kid to the flower store, and it causes zero friction. 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