I’ll never get it perfect.

I’ll never get it perfect.

I used to waste so much making sure something was perfect.

For instance, when I remade my kids’ beds, I would agonize over whether the blankets were folded the way they wanted and if the stuffed animals were in the exact right spot. 

After failing to achieve perfection, I quit trying. Instead, I celebrate when it’s done and accept that the constant change of favorite stuffed animals is not worth my time. I’ll probably never get it perfect and that’s okay. 

A few things happened when I released the need to be perfect…

  1. I became incredibly efficient at the things I was doing.

  2. I was happier and experienced more joy throughout the day.

Now, this doesn’t mean I don’t strive for greatness, because I absolutely do, but greatness to me is not perfection. 

Greatness is doing/being something to my best ability. 

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