For most of my life, when I approached anything I wanted to have or achieve, my self-talk prepared me for how I’d feel if I didn’t get it. I talked myself out of winning, sometimes out of even trying, because I wanted to prepare myself for the sting of failure and disappointment. It was a …
I’ve been going through a hard thing. Mounting stress, anxiety, and drama have come at me wave after wave—and not in a rhythm I could easily ride out, but one that left me fighting. Difficult circumstances anchored themselves in my life so long, they were beginning to pull me under. Just when I would come up for air, …
By publishing this post on my blog today, I am entering the writing contest, “Overcoming Writer’s Doubt” held by Positive Writer. Whether you are a writer, a creative-type, or just a Type A struggling with perfectionism, I hope you will pick up a few weapons here for your fight. A few years ago, …
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Five Minute Friday is a weekly writing challenge in which hundreds of people participate. Everyone writes for five minutes on one word issued every Friday at 12:01am. Unscripted. Unedited. Real. The challenge for me is not the first five minutes of writing. It is to abandon perfectionism in the minutes that follow… Some days I feel …
As perfectionists, we tend a little toward isolation. We have friends. But, we’ve learned that in order to keep up with our impossible standards of being perfect, we must keep them at a safe distance, or they will see all our imperfections. Seriously. Who are we kidding? But that is exactly what I spent the …
*big exhale* God is a Planner too. His words, not mine: ’For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord… Well, it’s a good thing, because I don’t. Life has a way of unexpectedly knocking us on our asses every now and then. In my case, it was the end of a …
