{"id":3017,"date":"2012-11-12T18:12:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T18:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/change-is-good\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:31:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T03:31:45","slug":"change-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/change-is-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Change is Good!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perfectionism can be crippling.<\/strong> I’ve written about this before<\/a> – and as I look around the chaos that is my house – the problem is still there. I love to watch the Biography channel, and when I hear the great people that are profiled described as perfectionists, I wonder to myself – how can that be? \u00a0I am a perfectionist, and that KEEPS me from getting all kinds of amazing things done.<\/p>\n

You know the saying, if you can’t do it right, don’t do it at all? Well, that’s me.<\/strong> If I don’t have time to clean the bathroom from top to bottom, I won’t clean anything. \u00a0I admire people who can clean the toilet one day, the tub the next, and the sink the next. \u00a0I just can’t do that.<\/p>\n

If I could change one thing about myself, I’d change that. <\/strong>I am sure that a partially clean house is better than a wholly dirty house, but I wouldn’t know. \u00a0If I can’t get it all done, I mentally curl up in a ball under the covers and just go to sleep – simple as that. \u00a0I can get day to day tasks done, like the kids classes, baths, breakfast, lunch, and dinner – but that’s about it. \u00a0I have to get everyone out of the house to clean, or they have to be asleep. Anyone who is a mom, has a mom, or knows a mom, knows that getting either or both of those to happen is near impossible.<\/p>\n

I’m not usually up for change – but in this case, change is good!<\/strong> I’d love to not have to have everything perfect, especially when cleaning is concerned.<\/p>\n

Do you consider yourself a perfectionist? If so, how do you handle it? \u00a0If not, what tips or tricks do you have for someone who needs it all to be right… right now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perfectionism can be crippling. I’ve written about this before – and as I look around the chaos that is my house – the problem is still there. I love to watch the Biography channel, and when I hear the great…<\/p>\n

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