You may be able to relate. You know you’re capable of more, but for some reason you can’t unlock the capacity to thoroughly express it through your purpose, your vision, and your goals. Your dreams always feel just out of reach. And, no matter how hard you try to stretch yourself to grasp it, you always fall short. You try to convince yourself that

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the real struggle of perfectionism isn’t the impossibility of perfection — it’s the constant feeling of failure.

I’ve long lived as if there’s a silent critic in the corner, watching and grading me. Is my kitchen clean? Do my pants fit? Did I complete everything on my to-do list? Did I journal, meditate, exercise? Did I try hard enough? Did I make ... See more