There's no perfect title for this blog post (and other lessons...)
I'm a recovering perfectionist. I'm also a big believer in the theory of neuroplasticity (hence my conviction that it's both desirable and possible to recover from something like perfectionism). Thus far, that's all it's been: a belief. Something that would be nice in theory. Rewire my brain simply by choosing a different response or behavior? Sure! Why not? But that all changed recently. It's no longer theoretical; I've become a living example of it. To illustrate, I'll take a seemingly simple thought and show you how 10-weeks-ago-Kat would have responded, versus present-day Kat. Seemingly simple thought: "I should write a blog post!" Here's what 10-weeks-ago-Kat would've had to say: "Is now really the right time to write a blog post? I mean, you have a lot of other things to do: cleaning out that junk drawer in the basement, reading random shit on the internet for a minimum of seven hours and meticulously cleaning the ...