Then there was that one time I stepped on stage in a teeny weeny bikini 👙😳
Perfectionism, like busy, was a badge of honor I used to wear proudly. 🥇
Which means, I was often ruled by feelings of anxiety, doubt, and fear of failure.
Which also means that I would werk werk werk to control everything in my life..
including my body, food, and my success in pretty much every single area of my life.
For all the first born, 3s on the enneagram that may not sound too far off of how you’re operating.
By nature we derive meaning and our identity (if we aren’t careful) by being in charge, being the best, and being the over achievers of the bunch.
The problem is, we can’t really control any of our outcomes. 💁♀️
We can only control the action we take and the heart that drives us to strive to achieve.🤯
I believe you can pursue your goals—whether health related or not from 2 very different places.
1- you’re driven by fear aka comparison, perfectionism, unhealthy competition, etc.
and the result will always come up short. Meaning, it will never be good enough, you’ll never be good enough.
OR
2-you’re motivated by feelings of ALREADY being good enough, pretty enough, healthy enough, strong enough..whatever that enough thing is you’re after.👏🏻👏🏻
If you approach it from the latter, you can’t lose.💁♀️
If, like the old me, you are operating from the former, you can’t win 🤦♀️
By the way, if you wanna check out an article I wrote on how to beat your negative emotions as a perfectionist, check out this article✨
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That was one nice quoted things u given in this one .it feels like that I’m reading my own mind . obviously who ever looking for change maybe they should give this a try
I too have the fear of failure , obsession, and most the fear of success ☺️. But I over come it so perfectly by accepting who I am
THANKS for this one made my day !!!
Keep on you works☺️☺️
Keep on working on accepting yourself and working with yourself..it is a daily practice and lifelong journey! Thanks for reading, let me know what kind of content you want to see more of 🙂
A great informative blog post! Wonderful information and thank you for your vulnerability.
Thank you for reading, Kim! I am glad you found some value here <3