One of my favorite mantras is: Nothing in my life needs to be perfect to be awesome.
Now you might be wondering, if nothing in my life needs to be perfect to be awesome, why am I so sad/disappointed/upset/out of whack when something that feels less than perfect happens?
Most of the time it’s because we THINK perfection = happiness. The truth is, perfection is an illusion and the quest for perfection = stress, and you know the number one thing that is scientifically proven to mess with your happiness, your health, your life and your marriage? STRESS.
So what do we do about this? We start noticing that it doesn’t have to be perfect to be awesome. We start bringing awareness to the beautiful yet imperfect things that fill our life.
We gently stop putting so much pressure on ourselves to be perfect, and we gently stop putting so much pressure on our partners, kids, events, and Saturday night movies to be perfect.
Even the best movies have continuity errors. Even the best software has a glitch. Even the best tasting cake can be delicious while also being lopsided . (I baked that cake once. It was pretty funny, tasted amazing but looked like the mini version of the leaning tower of Pisa).
Where are you looking for perfection right now where you could be looking for the beautiful messiness of awesome instead?
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