Between the media, our culture and peer groups, and even family members, we are land blasted on every side by who and what we should be. There’s the crowd that’s constantly telling you to look better, dress nicer, lose more weight. Then you have the people who never think that your best is good enough,…… Continue reading Who am I?
Tag: perfectionism
Leaving the Noise
Sometimes I find myself in this “all or nothing” mentality. If I can’t do it all at once, then it doesn’t count. If I can’t finish it, then should I even start it? This can often transition to my perfectionism heaping mounds of rules and extra responsibility onto my faith-filled life and relationship with God.…… Continue reading Leaving the Noise
What if…
What if the sun turned orange? What if the grass was suddenly the sea? What if cotton candy grew on trees, what if money was free? So many questions, and an imagination of endless possibilities! In many cases, the “what if” questions can be thought-provoking and helpful. For the inventors, the engineers, pioneers of science,…… Continue reading What if…
Sitting By The Fire
The past couple of weeks, I’ve been going through a book called Grace for the Good Girl by Emily P. Freeman. As described in another book, Breaking Up With Perfect by Amy Carroll, there are two different types of perfectionists: “Some lovers of Perfect live with the Good Girl Syndrome. These women are rule followers by nature…… Continue reading Sitting By The Fire
Feeding The Spirit
Everyone always talks about how we’re made up of the mind, body, and spirit. And I knew that. But…sometimes one forgets the importance of spending time with God to your own spirit. The past couple of months I haven’t been hearing from God as much. Logically, of course, I realize that there are seasons where…… Continue reading Feeding The Spirit
Grace Abounding
Y’all probably know by now that I tend to struggle with perfectionism. With perfectionism, comes a viewpoint that makes grace incredibly hard to understand. I think as humans, grace is a hard concept in and of itself. Most situations we encounter in life are performance based and there is no grace if you mess up.…… Continue reading Grace Abounding
Compassion and Grace ~ A Journal Entry
Recently, I found a passage in the Bible that really touched me. The whole chapter is Isaiah 54. As someone who struggles with perfectionism, I often times tend to see God almost as a dictator. I find myself often thinking, oh no, I just thought that. And that thought usually ends up going in the…… Continue reading Compassion and Grace ~ A Journal Entry
Grace…Not Perfection
Well. You’ve probably figured by now that I’m a perfectionist. #hadtousethatgif Anyway. Now that we’ve covered that I am a perfectionist, the rest of this post will probably make more sense. As a perfectionist, legalism is something I struggle with. I want to do everything right. All the time. Ah. Mary Poppins. Sadly, however, I…… Continue reading Grace…Not Perfection
No Condemnation
Me being myself and a natural perfectionist, I’m always trying to be perfect. Even though that’s not actually possible and the logical part of my mind knows that, I still find myself in that perfectionistic goal. Just this morning, I was starting to feel guilty (whether false or true) about something I had been thinking about.…… Continue reading No Condemnation
Prison of Fear
Everyone has fears. Some are small, others are big, and then, there are those that completely and totally overwhelm us. Fear is a tricky thing. It can creep up slowly and over time; perhaps subconsciously, until it rears its ugly head in our face. In other cases, it can come suddenly and without announcement. Maybe…… Continue reading Prison of Fear
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