Progress Is Better Than Perfection

Does perfectionism stop you from living your best life?

Jan 20, 2025

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Are you a perfectionist? I have been my whole life.

Throwing something that I don’t consider perfect out into the world is a very vulnerable act. What if people notice and laugh at us, or we lose credibility?

A midlife woman with dark green eyes, shoulder length brown hair with thin grey streaks, wearing a pink jumper and black jogging bottoms with white trainers. A black labrador with a brown collar is nearby. — AI image by Substack

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