So this, was the picture on today's Lesson
after I finished laughing my head off, I actually listened to the message from the lesson... it was about perfectionism...
You don't need to be "perfect". Shoot for "pretty good"
instead.
When you’re running from a bear, you don't have to run the fastest.
All you have to do is run a little bit faster than the
slowest person.
These are the questions that I had to answer:
Think about what's different since you started PN Coaching.
What is one small achievement you've had so far? (Even if it's "I didn't fall down in the gym today"... hey, it counts!)
What is different?I already feel successful
I have killed my 5 minute habit, getting outside for a short walk, every single day... even if it is only for 5 minutes (most days are longer)
this is helping me meet my 10,000 steps per day goal
I have hit over 10,000 steps per day for the past 8 days out of 10... that is amazing!
I have also consistently done the PN prescribed workout, or switched the active rest day for a weight training session or vice versa
this makes me feel like a rock star
But, a discussion on the forums really got me thinking harder and harder about this lesson... and I posted this piece about what I really 'got' from this lesson... watch out, it is DEEP
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I too really 'heard' this message speak to me. I am a long suffering perfectionist. I already see myself 'needing' green check marks... and I know there will come a day that I don't get my green checkmark... eeek.
I think if I really learn this lesson this year, PN coaching will have been worth it for me :) I need to learn this lesson.
years ago I was considered the 'black sheep' of my family, the child who 'might' not graduate from high school, let alone university... I heard that lesson loud and clear for the first 22 years of my life. In my parent's defense, I really didn't DO anything to help myself during that time :) I was a slacker who barely scrapped by and never applied myself and never made the best choices.
But something happened around 22 years of age that changed my mind... I took a course at university that I actually LIKED, and I did my assignments and went to class... and low and behold I got an A in the class... thus began the next 20 years of me trying to 'Prove' to myself and to my family that I was smart, I was hardworking and I was capable.
I know that my parents are proud of me and most people I meet today would never suspect, or probably even believe that I was less than awesome at everything I do (now)... I think deep inside I will never meet this standard of a person I hold myself to being now (aka super woman with a PHD in every subject).
I think my need to be perfect stems from not wanting to be a failure, and that if I don't do it all PERFECTLY... I will disappoint myself, thus never actually doing it, to avoid failure.
I need to put this on my top 3 list of things to address this year :)
I may have to go back and revise yesterday's lesson and change my goal from a specific weight loss goal (reach 145lbs) to making progress toward my weight loss goal. Maybe I have to force myself not to get 100% green check marks, so I force myself to accept less than perfect ;) (wow)
I have to accept that my journey to 145 lbs might take 2 years or 3 years. The point is... that I am working toward the goal, making daily progress.
pretty profound stuff... and we are only in week 2... I cant wait to see what epiphanies I have over the course of the next few months
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