Here's a small tip on perfection. Some people say there is no such thing. Some of us however, can't seem to stop using this word in our everyday language, and using it as a frame of reference to compare ourselves or loved ones to others we don't fully understand. Here is the key to perfection if you cannot get it out of your head: Practice! Or to put it in different words- Hindsight. After all hindsight is twenty-twenty.
After you have left the keys in the car door, or burned the turkey in the oven-which are normal problems for any man or woman- allow yourself a moment to recognize what went wrong. After you realize that you have Don't analyze, or marinate in the feeling of guilt or shame. Allow yourself to make mistakes-even if everybody else is looking! It might actually be the thing you need most.
For example, college student A, is operating on a reduced income. Instead of spending she holds back from buying the necessities until she is absolutely sure she needs them. She is never sure on how much she needs to spend, as each month she realizes she has still to take care of all she needs to. College student B is basically broke, but he goes out and spends his money, as he thinks he should. After a month or two, looking over his receipts and bank statements, he sees the light!
Another example might be, postponing your own judgements about yourself, and your inability to organize until a couuple weeks of letting the real you show. Only after you have been the true you, can you make the right adjustments to fix yourself and be perfect!
The pattern, as it turns out, is only revealed in hindsight- or after the fact. so the next time you make a really big fool of yourself-remember how much wiser you'll be looking back. think of yourself as hansel or gretel (or both) leaving breadcrumbs for yourself to find your way home. Or think of yourself as a bold, archaeologist type, sifting through the ruins of your last week, searching for something valuable. But you won't know the worth until a little while later.
Given enough time even you can be-dare I say it- perfect. If you believe in that sort of thing-which I must confess, I sometimes do.
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