The ONE Thing That Made a Difference

Christie Sears Thompson
Mar 14, 2021
2 min read

Hey there, it’s Christie Sears Thompson.

I wanted to write today to share something valuable I've learned this past year.

Some time ago I got tired of trying so hard to be perfect, but I kept doing it anyway.

Trying to be perfect gets tiring after a while. It happens to the best of us. But it’s hard to let it go.

Then, I had the opportunity during 2020 to let go of a lot of stuff. Like A LOT.

I had to prioritize every day a little differently than I imagined and be ok with daily imperfections.

After that, I felt way less burdened and gained so much clarity on how to let go of perfectionism and just enjoy my family and our home a little more.

I realized that there’s this ONE thing that made such a big difference for me when it comes to letting go of perfectionism...

I was subconsciously doing it but it suddenly dawned on me how without this ONE thing, everything just falls apart...

Yes, it is to accept and love yourself as you are!

I was struggling with a vision of what was impossible during a very stressful time in my life. I had been stuck at home with a baby and a first grader, working out of my home office, preparing meals, guiding remote learning, and trying to build a second business.

Depression hit me HARD.

Everything I wished I could do well had to be done in bite-sized pieces throughout the day and did not turn out as well as I had envisioned. But if I was being honest with myself, it was almost always good enough.

When I gave myself permission to accept that I was doing the best I could with the circumstances I had, I grew to appreciate all that I was actually doing. My kids were loved and taken care of, we always had food to eat, my practice was still running (though I wasn’t in my office), and my husband and I still had each other at the end of the day.

Bottom line: the important things were tended to.

When I kept feeding the idea that what I was doing wasn’t enough, I started to feel bad about myself, my abilities, and my overall worth as a mom and spouse. It was an awful place to be and I felt that drag of perfectionism slowly eating away at all the positive things I was doing.

Here are some of the ways you can give yourself permission to accept and love yourself more completely:

● Don’t feed the lie that you aren’t good enough!

● Be sure to give yourself love and words of kindness.

● Set aside time for self-care.

So how about you? Have you mastered self-acceptance? If you need a little more guidance, you can always check out my online course here.

With gratitude,