I think that for the most part I do a pretty good job of not getting crazy about my body. However, there is an obnoxious voice in my head encouraging me to lose 5 or so pounds before the wedding. Ugh.
What's worse is the perfectionist voice. It sounds reasonable: why wouldn't I want to do my best? Working hard is a good thing and how am I supposed to do my best if I don't work hard? What's even more insidious is the voice that deep down honestly believes that if I'm not awesome, not amazing then I'm wasting everyone's time. And also, if I'm not awesome how am I ever going to get a job that will pay me enough to have the life I want to have.... Oh, perfidious voices!
I think in trying to encourage my friends (like you) to chill out and not work so hard (because I do recognize your perfectionism and you'd have to be dead to not be amazing) I'm really speaking to myself.
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Date: 2007-05-01 05:40 pm (UTC)What's worse is the perfectionist voice. It sounds reasonable: why wouldn't I want to do my best? Working hard is a good thing and how am I supposed to do my best if I don't work hard? What's even more insidious is the voice that deep down honestly believes that if I'm not awesome, not amazing then I'm wasting everyone's time. And also, if I'm not awesome how am I ever going to get a job that will pay me enough to have the life I want to have....
Oh, perfidious voices!
I think in trying to encourage my friends (like you) to chill out and not work so hard (because I do recognize your perfectionism and you'd have to be dead to not be amazing) I'm really speaking to myself.