Perfection has not served me well.

I find it very easy to obsess over small things, which cause endless delays and procrastination.

For example, we can start with the Dream Board. I don’t usually consider myself an artistically creative person, so this type of assignment can stress me out a little. But I wanted to get it done. So I picked some items from my DMP and Press Release and printed them out, cut them to size, and plopped them on the posterboard.

Oh, wait, do I want to put this next to that? And what about that other item from my DMP that I couldn’t find a good representative photo for? Hmm.

In that moment, I decided it was more valuable for me to have a finished Dream Board to use in practice than it would be to have the perfect representation of each piece. The point is to hit my subby with a new approach.

So I dove in with JOY and made it fun rather than burdensome.

The following week, I was able to apply the same approach to creating my recording. Is it perfect? No. Is it great, yes. Is it doing the job? Yes. Do I listen to it, yes.

And the best part, none of that is permanent. If I want to add a new photo to my dream board or scrap it altogether and start over, I can. It’s my board.

I have this sense of freedom to explore, experiment, and enjoy all the practicing we are doing. And I am choosing daily to enjoy both the process and the experience.

This same mindset is overflowing into the POA card – specifically with regard to the seemingly scarier steps that I am adding each week. I actually look forward to getting them done!

As I leave my desire for perfection behind, I am learning to embrace the exploration of unfamiliar exercises, practices, and strange new things.