Sometimes wanting to do a perfect job sets the wrong mind-set and infuses you with anxiety. For me, what works is the idea of just doing it. I have learned that good enough is enough. Sometimes the only one who notices the difference between good enough and perfect is just you.
Earlier in the year I have read an amazing newsletter about being Guests on earth and Dido's song for me shares the same idea. It helps to look at yourself as an outsider sometimes, it takes the edge off. It's one of the attitudes that truly helped me this year, trying to take things less personally, practicing detachment from yourself.
Back to we don't really know ourselves. Even if you have been a certain way up to now, it is not impossible to change, even core character traits. I have discovered so much difference about myself this year, that I couldn't believe it. The saying -never say never- has never applied to me better. Makes you wonder and curious just how much more is in you and what changes are possible in the future.
Sometimes we panic and get overwhelmed when faced with a situation or a project that we imagine how it will or will not work out. I absolutely love the saying: "You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." Martin Luther King. It really is about baby steps, or taking one day at a time. Everything appears less daunting.
Even though this year has been all about change, one thing that only got reinforced is where my true passion lies, the combination of style and self-improvement. "Don't die with your music still in you" said by Wayne Dyer, is my big motivator; and that I believe it is our responsibility to do our best to fulfill our potentials.
A lot of my posts have revolved around postponing happiness, waiting until we think we deserve to be happy to feel happy. The time will never be more right to be happy than it is now. It's sad sometimes that we don't know this. Taking things for granted is a poor habit we easily adopt without awareness. Practising gratefulness and realising we have so much to be grateful for and happy for helps counteract taking things for granted.
Letting go is a powerful and positive action to take. Taking stock of what is no longer working and taking action about it makes way for positive change. After mourning, the sun comes up again and new opportunities show up if you care to see and don't spend more time on longing for the bygones. Self-awareness and being in the present helps here. It is my opinion that it's classy to let go when you are 'on top', to enjoy and cherish something beautiful while it lasts but recognise the time when you need to let go! It's not always easy to recognise what is still worth fighting for and when letting go of an attachment is far healthier than clinging to it.
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