Recently I was speaking at a friend's retreat and this topic of being a perfectionist came up.

You know these women all had ideas that they wanted to take action on, things that they could see themselves doing someday,

and they were waiting to feel ready, they were waiting for it to be perfect, which my team and I were just laughing before we hit

record because I am having a full on meltdown right now that I didn't have a perfect

outline written for this episode, which I get is ironic and hilarious and actually the perfect

place to speak on this topic of perfectionism for my fellow recovering perfectionists.

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I am, I am just like laughing at myself over how perfect it is that I knew I wanted to talk

on this topic of perfectionism and letting that get in our way.

And then it was this week where I just have had so much on my plate, like such a blessing to be

working on a lot of projects that have me, you know, quote unquote busy and didn't have

time to do my perfect outline. I mean, if you guys like saw the level of organization that my

podcast has behind it, you would probably either laugh or cry.

I'm not sure.

But I love to have things perfectly organized.

And truly, when I'm prepared, it does make me feel, it makes me feel like more equipped

to do whatever task it is that I'm doing.

But let's be honest, sometimes in life, you just

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