Embracing Good-Enoughism

Recently I was preparing a lunch and learn presentation for a large company and I came across a Brene Brown talk with Oprah. The talk was addressing perfectionism where she used the word "good-enoughism" . Wow I thought to myself... this is great. This is for sure me. I would say I am the opposite of a perfectionist. My house, my children's mis-matched socks, my notorious habit of misplacing things in my organized chaos, all scream to me that I certainly believe in good-enoughism and that perfectionism is not an issue for me. Then I stopped for a moment. I realized that the idea of good-enoughism is not a concept I embrace wholeheartedly. Good-enoughism is fine for my cooking and housekeeping skills but its not okay with my family, it's not okay with my clients and it's not okay at times in how I see myself. I don't embrace good-enoughism because I fear that I will be judged by my children and spouse for not being enough, by my friends as not saying enough, clients for not doing enough and simply at the root that I am not enough. I treat perfectionism as a disease in certain aspects of my life and yet in the things that matter, that really matter, I am just as guilty as the next person for failing to really accept this concept of "good enoughism". So I am going to challenge myself to embrace good- enoughism in the areas of my life that count. I am going to say that what I do does matter and the outcome does not have to define my idea of me. It's so easy to get caught in this trap and maybe others can relate. If you can relate to this, I wish for you to try and embrace like me, Who I Am is Good Enough.