Perfectly Imperfect

A book by one of my favourite authors, Mandy Hale, is called Beautiful Uncertainty and it's from this alongside with my recovery from the false belief in perfectionism that sparked this blog title.

Perfection is an illusion and one I got sucked into all too easily! A friend and mentor of mine (click the picture for her 'Full Heart and Soul Living' page) got me a mug that says "progress not perfection" to help enforce the positive changes I'm trying to make.

It's from my flaws that I strive to improve to become the person I know I can be. But where do you start when everything "needs" changing? This is my battle with wanting to get everything in order, like yesterday...!, and it has been paralysing or overwhelming when I try to do it all at once. I figured out my top two or three but it was only through practising/trial and error that I was able to figure out what my priorities were.

I've got a fair bit of self-work to do on myself and I'm not sure how to go about it, but my continuously posting about success or failures and my mental state has made a positive difference so far. Starting can often be the hardest as I look at all the steps to accomplish the goal when I need to only focus on the first step. On the flip side that finishing something when it's not perfect like pressing publish on this blog was just as nerve-wracking!

Whether it's starting or finishing I'm blessed to have such a supportive and encouraging community around me. It took a lot of courage to start telling others what I was doing but the outpour of love has been incredibly humbling and inspiring me even further.

I'm learning to accept and love me as I am, perfectly imperfect. 💖💖💖💖💖