How Can I Stop Trying to Be Perfect? -Conclusion of Revised Expectations

Some even recommend that you deliberately try doing some things that you are not good at, such as taking up a new sport or playing a musical instrument.  True, as you learn something new, you're bound to make a lot of mistakes. But that is not entirely a bad thing. Perhaps it will help you to see that making mistakes is simply part of the learning process.

Whatever you seek to accomplish-whether it's writing a school report or mastering a piano sonata-consider  another piece of advice from the apostle Paul:  "Do not loiter at your business."  (Romans 12:11) Yes, do not put things off, or procrastinate, simply because you're afraid to fail.

One youth made a practice of putting off school projects by using the excuse that she was "organizing herself."  While personal organization may be a good thing, be careful that it is not an excuse for procrastination.  This girl came to realize that "faced with the choice between turning in a school paper that doesn't completely satisfy you and not turning in one in at all, the better choice is always to turn one in." 

Next time: How Can I Stop Trying to Be Perfect? - Banish Self-Defeating Thoughts!

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