perfectionism

Stopping the Madness of Perfectionism: part 4 Incremental Increase

July 14, 2016

Have you ever created crazy standards for yourself on how you should be and what the process of change to be that way should look like? I know I have. I tortured myself trying to do right by all these “shoulds” for many years…A day has yet to come in 12 years when I do nothing in my self care routine. Something always gets done and the result has been a solidly growing sense of well being at the foundation of my life today. … More Stopping the Madness of Perfectionism: part 4 Incremental Increase

Stopping the Madness of Perfectionism: Part 3, The Safety Net

July 7, 2016

I learned that I do prefer those days when I get to do all my self care activities done in a concentrated manner in the morning, yet when things out of my control come my way I can roll with the punches. … More Stopping the Madness of Perfectionism: Part 3, The Safety Net

Stopping the Madness of Perfection: Part 2, Tiny Steps

June 30, 2016

I had to get brutally honest about my limits and work with them as opposed to force myself to follow my own made up standard of where I SHOULD be. I was not the cold turkey type of person that had a will of iron and made big changes easily and permanently. I had to work at it at a pace that worked for me … More Stopping the Madness of Perfection: Part 2, Tiny Steps

Stopping The Madness of Perfectionism: Part 1

June 23, 2016

This meant looking at these changes as permanent lifestyle changes, not sprints in “Getting ahead”. It meant embracing the real progress that happens over a long period of time when small actions are taken in a focused manner, regularly. … More Stopping The Madness of Perfectionism: Part 1