Hannah Seligson of Daily Cents gives us the high points of a discussion on ‘Imperfection‘ or rather our futile chase of the Perfect Everything that took place on Be Happy Dammit (podcast).
The roundtable was focused on women so I picked those issues that apply to all of us including white males like me.
-A lot of pressure is self imposed
-Balance (the holy grail) is everyone’s issue
-Become an imperfectionist
-Speak Up, the Opt Out
I once participated in an exercise where everyone had to stand up and cite things they were particularly bad at.
I put cleaning windows on top of the list.
I have not gotten any better at it neither do I intend to.
Once you make that kind of decision you feel liberated rather than anguished.
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