For the most part of my life, since I was 14, to be precise, I have battled with perfection, especially at work. I have tried to achieve perfection in every single task I did. Little did I know that the world is far from being perfect and that sometimes imperfection is a wonderful way to discover new ways of doing tasks that aren't rigidly perfect.

Somewhere along the line, I realized that trying to control everything was kind of exhausting and it would make my life more stressful than it were at that moment, it just wouldn't let me consider the important things in my life, and I was forced to put those things on hold. What a bad way to deal with things, right?

As Katie Phillips says, we need to start looking at ourselves and become internally self aware. And it's when you get into the practical stuff, like "how do you manage your time" and "how do you prioritize your needs" on a day-to-day basis. That way you don't remove those stressors, you actually do something to process that stress.

It is important to learn to let your guard down when it comes to thinking that you need to be perfect all the time. You do not! 🌟