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Just another myTake about Perfection Bullshit

You don’t have to feel stupid for making mistakes. You don’t have to be ashamed to have an unpopular opinion. You don’t have to feel bad that you don’t look a certain way. If you do, you’ve either compromised your own morals or you’ve been allowing outside influence affect the way you feel about yourself.


Just another Take about Perfection Bullshit


I will be the first to admit that I am so far from perfect that it is both laugh and cringe worthy; I make mistakes on the daily, say things I regret, handle things poorly and even do things I would pine as idiotic and unnecessary. Here’s the thing though: I try. I try to be my best and try to learn from every single fuck up, even if I’m so mortified at the time that I can barely stand thinking about it for another second. I use my past mistakes to create better alternatives for the future, ones I can stand by and be proud of. It doesn't mean I will always make the best decisions, but it does make me more likely to make a better one. Even with that said, I still struggle with it, the same way most of us do.


I am one of the many people who chronically beats themselves up for not being perfect. I have always had an image in my head of what I should do, say, look like, have achieved, and so forth. Considering I am more unlike the ideals in my head than I am like them, it's safe for me to say that at times I can be pretty unrealistic, and I think a lot of other people experience the same thing. We all want to be the best version of ourselves, even if it means giving up the person we are now. Let's face it, if we could enter life like Create a Sim, we would have ourselves mastered and perfected to the max without any regrets. But we can't do that. It isn't realistic.


Ironically we still say that we don’t expect perfection, we tell everyone that it doesn’t exist. Yet we will shame and belittle ourselves for not looking/behaving in the most ideal way. Why? Because there are people out there who don’t agree with our opinions? Because there’s twelve guys who think our bodies are gross and only four who think otherwise? Or is it because we worry that women won’t like our naturally passive demeanor? Because "Society says so"? Whatever your case is, you don’t need to feel bad about it.


I encourage everyone to take a second look at themselves and find a way to improve, but this isn’t for the sake of being ideal let alone perfect; it’s to become a person who YOU can love and be happy with, which only benefits you further down the line. That doesn’t suggest however that you have to feel like shit for not being the better person now that you want to be tomorrow. It just means that you’re a living, breathing human being that is taking the long journey to personal growth, a journey that only ends after we leave this earth.


So, in short, we need to stop shaming ourselves, because it’s quite plain to me at this point that we will never be able to stop others from doing so. People will always put down what they don’t agree with or understand, and we ourselves might find ourselves doing it too; just remind yourself that just like you aren’t perfect, those people aren’t either. You can only control how you behave and evolve, not how or if they will.


Just accept imperfections, change what you can/want to change and get used to the fact that you aren’t always going to do/be what’s ideal for the situation you’re in.


This was a short one but as always, thank you guys for reading and I hope you have a wonderful day.

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