Perfectionism

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• How {Not} to Micro-Manage Kids Art (Part 4)

  
  daisy yellow — Authority: 133
    Start with Part One of our Sensible Guide , Ill wait for you! The idea behind this series is that when you release control over the outcome of art projects, children benefit from less control and more freedom . I understand if you dont want munchkins gallavanting around with brushes dripping ...
  2 days ago

• Perfectionism aka How To Kill Your Muse...

  
  Fierce Romance — Authority: 128
  By Tina Pavlik Wait a minute. Arent I the owner of a review site? Why, yes. I am. =) Then what the heck am I doing talking about killing muses? Well, Im glad you asked. That title really smacks of writing advice, doesnt it? Yeah, Im a writer too. Who in our community hasnt at least thought about writing, right? Or ...
  3 days ago

• Overwhelm

  
  The Journey — Authority: 103
  I define life balance as having enough time, energy and resources for those things that are most important to me. So is feeling overwhelmed— the suitor currently knocking on my door asking for a dance -- what happens when this is not the case? I’m sure many of you can relate: I just returned home from a full ...
  3 days ago

• Kate & Me

  
  Tales of a (Recovering) Disordered Eater — Authority: 126
  I fully admit that I have never watched Jon & Kate Plus 8 …  but just from following their fall from grace in the tabloids and in the blogosphere over the past year or so (how could you miss it?!), I feel like she and I are (dare I say it?) soul sisters in a sense. You see, while our life stories are ...
  4 days ago

• Is Perfect Possible?

  
  The Buzzing Reed, David Thomas Clarinet Blog — Authority: 123
  Is Perfect Possible? I guess those who think so would say so. I don’t think it is. Perfect is an idea, a goal. Getting close is what we strive for. But it’s like the speed of light. The closer you get, the harder it gets, ad infinitum. However, the pursuit of perfection can either lead us to glorious highs in ...
  4 days ago

• Men Suffer When Women Hate Their Bodies

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Men often bear the biggest brunt of womens negative body image (NBO). If she is suffering, he is too. Sarah Maria, body image expert and author of Love Your Body, Love Your Life works intensively with women and men to overcome their negative body image (NBO). She addresses the core causes and their consequences ...
  5 days ago

• Rapacious Partners: Who wants to be rescued? Part 4 of 4

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  In our previous blog, we described the first two subtypes of rapacious rescued partners. Here we describe the final two subtypes- the Rigid Perfectionist and the Self Centered. Please note that although we use feminine pronouns in our descriptions, rapacious partners are equally likely to be male. The Rigid ...
  5 days ago

• Defoe vs. perfectionism

  
  Talking Squid — Authority: 115
  From the Preface to Daniel Defoe’s The True-Born Englishman : The hasty errors of my verse I made my excuse for before; and since the time I have been upon it has been but little, and my leisure less, I have all along strove rather to make the thoughts explicit, than the poem correct. However, I have mended ...
  1 week ago

• The Search For Perfection: Where Did Feminism Go Wrong?

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 798
  Filed under: Woman Up Well, ladies, I must say Ive been having a jolly old time here in London reading your takes on the Loh and Weil articles. On a day when my combined maternal/spousal duties left me thoroughly winded and already jonesing for that third espresso before 9 a.m., I take comfort in the fact ...
  1 week ago

• Overcoming Reverse Perfectionism in Writing

  
  The National Writing for Children Center — Authority: 125
  by Amy M. O’Quinn I would never call myself a perfectionist. In fact, my family would probably fall over laughing at that description. But perhaps I’m really what I like to call a “reverse perfectionist”, meaning I often won’t start a project if I don’t think I can get it 100% correct the first ...
  1 week ago

• How to banish the perfectionista in you

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 29 (ANI): Planning the perfect evening with friends might leave you all drained out- what with those customized invitations, looking for appetizer plates with matching serving platters and table decor. At times, a relaxed and imperfect approach towards organising small get-togethers can be a better way ...
  1 week ago

• trapped in ones own expectations

  
  moments of perfect clarity — Authority: 426
  i went to the butcher this afternoon to pick up the turkey i ordered last week. i said i wanted a fresh one, not frozen and i said it had to feed 21 people. strangely, it did not occur to me to ask for a ballpark figure of the cost. i guess i was too busy asking whether the turkey would be frisk in danish,  seeing ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mandala Practice

  
  daisy yellow — Authority: 133
  These two pages of mini-mandalas are drawn in black PITT pen (XS) on 8x8" watercolor paper, with a bit of sakura micron in purple. As an artistic challenge, mandalas provide good exercise in refining the ability to draw lines and curves. When I started drawing "mandalas" (or my interpretation thereof) Id wonder what ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Value of Self-Serving Code - Elizabeth Naramore

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 168
  Its Friday night. Im writing code. Not good code, mind you. Crappy code. Completely self-serving code that serves only one purpose: to solve a problem I alone have. No one else will see this code. No one else will use this mini-app. Im writing it for myself and myself alone. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Mistakes are Marvelous!

  
  Amused Muse — Authority: 99
  It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. - Charles Darwin* Let us not mince words: the marvelous is always beautiful . Anything marvelous is beautiful, in fact only the marvelous is beautiful. - Andre ...
  3 weeks ago

• Next time I’m wearing a paper bag.

  
  The Displaced Dutchican — Authority: 421
  Today my dh took me out and about in an attempt to cheer me up. We just went out and ran some errands, mostly for the retail and window shopping therapy, but it was a good alternative to staying at home and wallowing in self pity. I wasn’t really going to write about it and resisted the urge last night. But since ...
  3 weeks ago

• Is having "it" together an unrealistic goal?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 625
  As a 30-year old who is a part-time grad student and a full-time office worker, are my goals to get control over my life (weight loss, finances, home, work, etc) really unrealistic? Is there a way to just be NORMAL and balanced, or is it really just normal not to really have things together, even as an adult? I am a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Early Self Esteem: A Triathlete Amputees Dating Experience, part 2

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  "Our stories are in us from a long time ago," says DeeDee Myers  a leadership trainer, triathlete and mother of quadruplets, twins and three other children. One pivotal story happened on her first date at age 16. She met a cute boy at a football game. It was a chilly day so she had on a jacket. When the boy arrived ...
  4 weeks ago

• Evidence Of My Imperfection

  
  So Much More Than A Mom — Authority: 123
  “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” — Elbert Hubbard   One of my biggest obstacles in life continues to be my fear of making mistakes. When I make a mistake I don’t normally just shake it off. I know everyone makes mistakes and that I am far from ...
  4 weeks ago

• Evidence Of My Imperfection

  
  So Much More Than A Mom — Authority: 123
  “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” — Elbert Hubbard   One of my biggest obstacles in life continues to be my fear of making mistakes. When I make a mistake I don’t normally just shake it off. I know everyone makes mistakes and that I am far from ...
  4 weeks ago

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