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#perfectionism

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If getting our kids out into nature is a search for perfection, or is one more chore, then the belief in perfection and the chore defeats the joy. It's a good thing to learn more about nature in order to share this knowledge with children; it's even better if the adult and child learn about nature together. And it's a lot more fun.


Richard Louv


#nature #perfectionism #nature

In the past, my brain could only compute perfection or failure—nothing in between. So words like competent, acceptable, satisfactory, and good enough fell into the failure category. Even above average meant failure if I received an 88 out of 100 percent on an exam, I felt that I failed. The fact is most things in life are not absolutes and have components of both good and bad. I used to think in absolute terms a lot: all, every, or never. I would all of the food (that is, binge), and then I would restrict every meal and to never eat again. This type of thinking extended outside of the food arena as well: I had to get all of the answers right on a test; I had to be in every extracurricular activity […] The ‘if it’s not perfect, I quit’ approach to life is a treacherous way to live. […] I hadn’t established a baseline of competence: What gets the job done? What is good enough? Finding good enough takes trial and error. For those of us who are perfectionists, the error part of trial and error can stop us dead in our tracks. We would rather keep chasing perfection than risk possibly making a mistake. I was able to change my behavior only when the pain of perfectionism became greater than the pain of making an error. […] Today good enough means that I’m okay just the way I am. I play my position in the world. I catch the ball when it is thrown my way. I don’t always have to make the crowd go wild or get a standing ovation. It’s good enough to just catch the ball or even to do my best to catch it. Good enough means that I finally enjoy playing the game.


Jenni Schaefer


#food #good-enough #perfectionism #recovery #stress

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.


David D. Burns


#becomes #hero #honor #part #perfectionism

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.


Hannah Arendt


#escape #go #involved #living #must

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.


William Faulkner


#perfectionism #personality #potential #self-improvement #dreams

90 percent perfect and shared with the world always changes more lives than 100 percent perfect and stuck in your head.


Jon Acuff


#change

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.


Billy Corgan


#attain #could #i #idealism #kind






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