Tag: perfectionism
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Step Stool
Step StoolOne step at a time. We say it so causually we forget the potency of the words. One step at a time. Then why are we jumping staircases? One step at a time. We do not need to lunge. One step at a time.By Christina Lindvay The trophies of our goals will wait. (We…
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I don’t know, but I know this.
I don’t know if this is the right thing or the wrong thing, but this is the thing for me. “This is right for me.”
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The Lies Anxiety Told Me and the Truths I Believed
My anxiety is a foe. I thought it was a friend. When we first met I didn’t even know its real name, Anxiety. I called it by what it wanted me to know: Protection. It had other endearing nicknames like, Responsible, Thoughtful, Precise, Reflective, Careful. It was years later I learned of its sneaky cousin,…
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Potty Training in a Pandemic, Part 2
Isolation atop Isolation After our not-so-stellar start, and the hard-slam of perfectionism, we regrouped. I paused, I wrote. My husband and I got back on the same page. We talked about our feelings and we made a new plan moving forward. We realized that starting a big, all-consuming endeavor like potty training twins is not…
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Potty Training in a Pandemic, Part 1
When Perfectionism Rears Its Head I looked at the screenshots on my phone. A year ago? How has a year gone by? This time last year was when I first took out a potty training book from the library. At the time my twins were 21 months, a ripe time to start according to the…