Overcoming The Need To Be Perfect

On the quest to get healthy, just as in many other goals, one of the biggest barriers to success is the dual theme of procrastination and perfection. Procrastination is often the result of perfectionist thinking. It’s the idea that “if I can’t do this perfect, I’m not doing it. I will wait until it can be perfect.” Perfectionism is one of the most sinister traps that holds many of us back from truly succeeding at our health goals (and many others) because it sounds wonderful and ideal to be “perfect”.