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Old Jan 31, 2011, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by madisgram View Post
googleyno one is ever perfect. i used to try to please everyone that put expectations on me. i have learned to not insist to myself that i be all things for all people. i put too high of expectations on myself too. i learned i was expecting of myself things that one can never achieve...perfection. be kinder to yourself and love yourself just as u are.
this perfection thing is a learned behavior you can slowly change. if i did it you can too!
It isn't that I'm requiring perfection of myself (well at least not on everything.) It's that now everyone outside of me is expecting perfection. If I make any little mistake it is the end of the world and they fail me (especially professors).