Month: June 2016

• June 28, 2016

  Why I Don’t Want to Be a Perfectionist Anymore

  

  I’m a perfectionist. When I was younger, I used to think this was something to be proud of. Pretty sure I was a little jerk and would even brag about it. As a slightly wiser (hopefully) and slightly older (definitely) me, I’ve come to associate being a perfectionist with limitation, stress, and the stem of negative self-talk. Here’s why: Perfection […]
• June 11, 2016

  Why I Seek Out People Different Than Myself

  

  Everything in our world nowadays is set up to connect us with people that we have things in common with. All of our social media wants us to know what mutual friends we have, that we both love the same music, are from the same neighborhoods, spend our free time the same way, and believe […]