20/08/2017
I hear people proudly announce they are a ‘perfectionist’ all too often...In my opinion, being a perfectionist is not something to be worn as a badge of honour.Being a perfectionist is hard. I am a perfectionist and it is not by choice.I believe my perfectionist tendencies and ‘A’ type personality, lead to my high stress levels which contributed to my illness .. breast cancer.The stress of making things ‘perfect’ (which doesn’t exist I might add), always out weighs the short-lived feel goods, because the ‘better’ I get or the closer to ‘perfect’ I get, the higher the bar is set’…. and the cycle never ends.Instead of striving for perfection, I am trying to work with this part of my personality by practicing being flexible rather than perfect, and by accepting and letting go, rather than digging my heals in and persisting until 'perfection' is done.Try it some time this week and feel your stress levels drop!
