Tag: perfect

Not My Problem

I haven’t been writing much lately and my posts have been few and far between. Typically, writing is my therapy and I try to write for a minimum of 5 minutes a day, because 5 minutes is easy!. Honestly, I have been writing but in my journal versus on my blog. My journal is for my eyes only so there has been nothing to share.

I have also been listening to audio books and Brene Brown remains a current favorite. She writes about shame, emapthy and living a whole hearted life. If you don’t know her work, I suggest you watch her Netflix special or listen to her TED talk for an introduction.

Image by Felix Lichtenfeld from Pixabay
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The Hell with Being Perfect!

You know that saying “practice makes perfect”? The idea being that if you keep working at something you will get better and as you get better you near perfection.  I don’t totally agree with this idea as there are plenty of things that I do frequently but don’t  get better at. For instance, I have been tying my shoes for over 45 years but still find that they come undone during the day. I played squash for several years; playing in a league, practicing drills and playing with others but I never felt competent. I could practice drawing a picture of my dog for the next decade but the picture would always look like it was drawn by a 3 year-old. 

If only I could draw this good!

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