A Great Quote

In reading a post at The Happiness Project, I was really struck by a Voltaire quote Gretchen Rubin included–

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

This is a constant for me. I don’t think even I recognized my perfectionist tendencies because, well, nothing around here looks perfect. Trouble is, I get into the mentality of if I can’t do it perfectly, I won’t do it at all. This isn’t really a good way to live. I’m constantly feeling less-than becasue i can’t do everything perfectly. What if I make a mistake?! And it’s so hard to tell myself so what if I make a mistake? In my very first post, I talked about this fear of mistakes and how I could bring myself to use a sketch pad I had bought. That was August 2006. Guess what? I still have not even opened the pencils.

The REAL Reason

Here is why laundry never seems to get done around my house:

Mikey, 7-06

Mikey, 7-08

As you can see, there’s just NO ROOM for any laundry in there now.

Just For Fun

I saw this on LisaPT’s Blog

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