I bet that most people, when they think of a perfectionist, have an image of an impeccably turned out person who has everything in their life under tight control. A house where you'd be scared to put things down or even to walk in case you messed stuff up.
I'm not that kind of perfectionist! I'm what I like to call a lazy perfectionist, in that if I don't think I will be able to do something 'perfectly', then I generally don't do it at all. Which is all very well, but I end up living a life I'm not happy with.
So I'm trying to make this my new mantra. Because the number of things I've wanted to do, but haven't even bothered trying because it 'wouldn't be perfect', is quite depressing. Because I really want to at least *try* to live the life of my dreams. And, I want my little boy to grow up thinking that it is better to try and fail than to never try anything.
Would you believe that I played the piano for years and years? And practised (fairly) regularly. So I *can* do it.
I tend to opt for the 'path of least resistance' - but that's also the path of low satisfaction...
What about you?
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