I always want to do the best in everything, how to dampen that?
That's too much pressure, anyone has the same experience? how do you deal with it?
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It’s okay to do your best. I suspect your problem is that you feel like your best is never good enough. That’s not true. When you do your best, you are enough. Comparing yourself to others is deceiving. None of us are perfect, all of us are gifted in different ways and you never know enough to determine someone else’s efforts are better.
Continue to do your best but choose to accept the results and be “enough”.
Continue to do your best but choose to accept the results and be “enough”.
trackman11 · 61-69, M
@trackman11 thanks for ba. I hope you find it helpful. I coach a lot of “perfectionist” who ask this question often. When they stop comparing they find joy in doing their best. 🙂
trackman11 · 61-69, M
@JustChill several points and I will stop rambling on. 🙂
1. It speaks to your strength of character that you want to do all things well
2. You are “good enough” and those around you know it. (Your mind reading ability is not good enough 🙂)
3. You have a purpose and it’s not to be perfect.
4. Your beauty lies in your uniqueness, not a comparison.
5. Thank you for all you do, it has, does and will make a difference.
1. It speaks to your strength of character that you want to do all things well
2. You are “good enough” and those around you know it. (Your mind reading ability is not good enough 🙂)
3. You have a purpose and it’s not to be perfect.
4. Your beauty lies in your uniqueness, not a comparison.
5. Thank you for all you do, it has, does and will make a difference.
JustChill · 26-30, F
@trackman11 Haha it's fine thanks for your time and encouraging words. But I guess I need a good and serious talk with myself about all of that. Because now that you brought it up, I think that my mind right now is that storm of thoughts that is adamant on comparison, and most of my "perfectionist" attitude stems from exactly that. Boy this is going to require some big efforts to get over. Thanks again.