May 15th, 2014
Burning Down The House That Perfectionism Built
Look out, perfectionism. We’re coming for you!
Today I’m excited to share a podcast interview that I did with Sarah from The Sarah R. Bagley Podcast: A Recovering Perfectionist’s Guide to a B+ Life.
First let’s clarify something: Sarah’s ideas about living a B+ life aren’t about settling for something that’s less than great, it’s about living in that territory of “good enough” that can make a perfectionist’s skin crawl!
But we all know that when we can’t accept things as being “good enough” and move forward, that we become paralyzed.
Our creative work never sees the light of day, we beat ourselves up, and redouble our efforts to be perfect.
Or in Sarah’s case, you start talking to other people about how they’ve dealt with it in their lives and keep pushing past it!
In the interview I share:
- What I love about living in Winnipeg, Canada
- How I came to blogging and started working online
- What perfectionism means to me, as someone who’s self-taught in their field
- How I manage having Generalized Anxiety Disorder & Depression and working for myself
- Where I’ve given myself permission to suck
- How I deal with being open to online criticism (a perfectionist’s worst nightmare!)
- How I’ve made ease into my top priority in life, and have learned how I can be a high achiever in a way that actually feels good to live!
Listen to the episode here:
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And make sure that you visit Sarah’s blog and subscribe to her podcast in iTunes, and don’t forget to rate it if you like what you hear.
Kyla, I really appreciate your thoughtful response! And funny enough… I just posted about celebrating everyday moments yesterday on Happy Living. We work *so hard* on things and rarely give ourselves credit. So grateful to have connected with you! Here’s the post if you’re interested: http://j.mp/1jRtJl3 Have a wonderful day!!
Such a great podcast! I really enjoyed listening to your honest, yet upbeat, account of how anxiety and depression have impacted you. I definitely struggle with perfectionism at times… it’s always helpful to know I’m not alone :)
Thanks for your kind words, Kaileen. Obviously, life would be tidier and less stressful without them, but without my anxiety & depression I’m sure I wouldn’t have made self care into such a priority in my life until much later on. Now I get to enjoy the benefits of that work! Plus, for me, life before I knew I had these issues was really profoundly difficult in so many small ways. Now that I have a treatment plan that works for me, it’s hard not to wake up in the morning and celebrate how much easier everything feels. I know not everyone has that same experience, but I think the idea of celebrating what’s working is one that we tend to skip over – and I think it’s worth spending time on :)
So much good stuff in here, Kyla! Yes!
This is fantastic, and you are just too lovely for words!
Loved this!!!