You are a perfectionist with extremely high standards for yourself. In earlier days, like as a teen or young adult, you had issues with body image, possibly some eating disordered behavior, anxiety, ...
One question I’ve been thinking about lately is this: When is enough, enough? Knowing that you have limited time on this planet, what do you need in order to look back on your life and feel satisfied?
There is a quiet lie many gentle people learn early: If it doesn’t ask too much of me, it must be love. So we learn to call enough what merely doesn’t hurt loudly. We learn to praise comfort over ...
How can you tell whether something you’ve done is good enough? Or just what would make it good enough for you? Doubtless, personal standards come into play here. But where exactly do such standards ...
One big question that people often grapple with as they contemplate retirement is whether they’ll have enough, financially and otherwise, in retirement. To help address that question, I sat down with ...