This Week's R.I.S.E. : Don't Hang Around Waiting For Perfection























This week's R.I.S.E. (Recovery Inspiration Strength Exercise) is Don't Hang Around Waiting For Perfection.

Are you waiting for perfection before you participate? Have there been events, gatherings, classes you'd like to take, a career move you'd like to make, or anything else that you've put on hold because you're waiting for the perfect time, perfect weight, perfect outfit, perfect conditions?

The problem with perfection is that it's practically unattainable and, in my opinion, boring (said with a long, drawn out, sing songy type inflection). When I think back on some of my favorite memories, it's the imperfections that made them so extraordinary, so memorable. The imperfect friends and family, and the imperfect situations led to unexpected turns of events that left me belly laughing with glee, or happily surprised by an outcome I couldn't have even imagined. Even when I wasn't thrilled by the end results, I came away from it with a life lesson that I wouldn't have learned otherwise and that I was (if not immediately, at least down the road) grateful to learn.

Putting your life on hold because you don't feel thin enough, good enough, pretty enough, worthy enough (and the list goes on and on) is one of the biggest life cheats there is.

The hard, cold fact is that we only have right now, this very moment, for certain. Everything else is a gamble and a gift. Keep hanging around waiting for perfection and you could find you've missed a huge hunk of life.

We hold ourselves back by worrying what others will think of us when, in reality, they're really not giving us much thought. Not in the sense that we worry they are. Have you ever noticed that the people who go out and meet life head on don't seem the least bit concerned with how you feel about it? They're not worried that you don't approve, or don't think they look the right way,  or think they're good enough to do whatever it is they're choosing to do. They're too busy living their lives. 

This is no dress rehearsal (paraphrasing Rose Tremain) so stop waiting and start participating.

For this week do something you've been wanting to do. Attend or host a gathering of friends you've been eager to see, go somewhere new, do something... just don't hang around waiting for perfection.

Jump in without weight, appearance, or any other self-limiting thoughts holding you back. Let go of the self-negativity and worry. Take your-self with you. The real you. The one that matters.  Enjoy! Laugh! Live it fully! And if it doesn't turn out the way you had hoped, go with the flow and make the best of it.

There's a whole lot of living to be done out there and it's waiting for your wonderfully imperfect self!

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5 comments:

Aimee | Irresistible Icing said...

Well said! This is a beautiful post!

MrsMenopausal said...

Thank you! I'm so glad you like it. :) Thank you for taking the time to comment, too. I really appreciate it.

Anne-Sophie said...

This is a brilliant blog post. What an inspiring message. I have been waiting to be perfect all my life. I thought I had to become skinnier, prettier, wiser, smarter and just all-around BETTER to do anything. However, now that I am starting my own business, I can accept that I am not perfect, that I will make many mistakes and that that is OK. As you said, life does not wait for you. So, let us all try to live in the moment. We are already perfect in our very own way anyway. :)

MrsMenopausal said...

I couldn't agree with you more, Anne-Sophie! Congratulations and good luck with your new business. What a wonderful adventure. Thank you for commenting. :)

Anne-Sophie said...

Thank you so much!