'I Can't Stop Trying to Be Perfect!'
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Embracing your flaws includes enjoying how freakishly perfectionistic you are.
Blue Morning Glories (1935) by Georgia O’Keeffe Dear Polly, I’ve been reading your columns for a few years now. They always seem to find me when I’m at my lowest, and your words are always a source of comfort. The last eight years haven’t been easy. I lost my brother six months after my first ex-husband and I separated - all this while I was in my last year at grad school. Fast forward to three or four years later when I married again and realized that I was doing it for all the wrong reasons – survivor’s guilt mostly. I needed to feel worthy to still be here. So I had to do everything…
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