you a perfectionist I know I am being a
perfectionist I feel like everything I
do has to be perfect when I was offered
the chance to go to 6th grade math a
year early I was thrilled but there was
a catch I had to pass an entrance exam
yay I feel like I’d get every single
question correct to pass luckily I did
not have to get every question correct
and I did pass but still nice between
the test and when I got my grade or the
worst nights of my life when I look in
the dictionary the definition of perfect
i found was having all the required or
desirable characteristics or being as
good as it is possible to be I can
really do this because I feel like I
have to be all these things or can’t be
any of them I feel like I would
disappoint everyone including myself if
I’m not so one Sunday about a month or
two ago I decided to make a bar graph
for this presentation as I explored
perfectionism here are some of the
things I realized if we were perfect we
would be at a hundred percent all the
time no matter what in reality though or
hardly ever at a hundred percent if we
ever are one thing I added to this graph
was healthy eating my mom is really big
on eating healthy but it was a football
sunday so we didn’t eat all healthy so
healthy eating was at a 75-percent
another thing i included was
friendliness I always tried to be
friendly but me and my sister don’t
always get along so friendliness is at a
ninety five percent looking at this
graph I realized that if I were all the
things I’ve wanted to be I would be
let’s say we were playing a game of
darts if we were perfect we would get
both sides all the time that would be
really boring we probably wouldn’t want
to play anymore in reality the darts go
all over the board making it fun
competition being a perfectionist it is
really annoying when the darts don’t hit
the board where I want them to
especially if they go on the floor there
are many ways you can help yourself or a
friend get over perfectionism here are
some of them one learn to recognize
perfectionism find out if you really are
perfectionist by ask yourself questions
like are my standards too high or do my
standards get in the way if you answer
yes to these questions you’re most
likely a perfectionist to make positive
realistic sayings to say to yourself
when you’re not confident these may
include nobody’s perfect all I can do is
my best or making a mistake doesn’t mean
I’m a failure it just means I’m human
everyone makes mistakes three challenge
your thoughts ask yourself can I look at
this situation differently or how one of
my closest friend closest friends react
to this situation for look at the big
picture ask yourself find out if the
situation does matter and if it does how
long it will after doing any of these
things congratulate yourself with a
little reward getting over a habit isn’t
if we’re perfect life and be really
bored in reality our flaws make us
divers unique and special I prefer the way right now how about you thank you