Comments on: Overcoming Perfectionism http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/05/08/overcoming-perfectionism/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:22:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Carnival of Christian Women - June 2, 2008 | Dandelions and Daydreams http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/05/08/overcoming-perfectionism/comment-page-1/#comment-1618 Carnival of Christian Women - June 2, 2008 | Dandelions and Daydreams Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:53:03 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/05/08/overcoming-perfectionism/#comment-1618 [...] presents Overcoming Perfectionism posted at Life Nurturing Education. The key: putting yourself [...] [...] presents Overcoming Perfectionism posted at Life Nurturing Education. The key: putting yourself [...]

]]> By: Life Nurturing Education » I’m a Scavenger http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/05/08/overcoming-perfectionism/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 Life Nurturing Education » I’m a Scavenger Fri, 23 May 2008 05:27:05 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/05/08/overcoming-perfectionism/#comment-1617 [...] My husband knows it, too. That’s why he brought home the base of a broken table. It is now the planter on my front porch that Anna-Marie and Charity asked to [...] [...] My husband knows it, too. That’s why he brought home the base of a broken table. It is now the planter on my front porch that Anna-Marie and Charity asked to [...]

]]> By: Life Nurturing Education » When the Flood Waters Recede http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/05/08/overcoming-perfectionism/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 Life Nurturing Education » When the Flood Waters Recede Fri, 16 May 2008 06:47:19 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/05/08/overcoming-perfectionism/#comment-1616 [...] week I mentioned looking for some motivation. Well, it came yesterday. It wasn’t a glorious light shining in my window, or a jazzy song [...] [...] week I mentioned looking for some motivation. Well, it came yesterday. It wasn’t a glorious light shining in my window, or a jazzy song [...]

]]> By: Barbara Frank http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/05/08/overcoming-perfectionism/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 Barbara Frank Thu, 15 May 2008 01:37:11 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/05/08/overcoming-perfectionism/#comment-1607 Wow! You've obviously struck a nerve with a lot of people. That's a sign of a good post. I call my newsletter "The Imperfect Homeschooler" because of my own struggles with perfectionism. It can be so hard to find that balance between properly using the gifts God gave you with a goal of doing your best, and going overboard and falling into the perfectionism trap. Sometimes we just need to stop, catch our breath, and then ask ourselves if this thing we're trying to do just so has eternal value. Much of the time, the answer is no. Wow! You’ve obviously struck a nerve with a lot of people. That’s a sign of a good post.

I call my newsletter “The Imperfect Homeschooler” because of my own struggles with perfectionism. It can be so hard to find that balance between properly using the gifts God gave you with a goal of doing your best, and going overboard and falling into the perfectionism trap. Sometimes we just need to stop, catch our breath, and then ask ourselves if this thing we’re trying to do just so has eternal value. Much of the time, the answer is no.

]]> By: Rachael http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/05/08/overcoming-perfectionism/comment-page-1/#comment-1599 Rachael Wed, 14 May 2008 02:26:15 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/05/08/overcoming-perfectionism/#comment-1599 Renae, Thanks for your comments on my blog! It's nice to know there are few people who read them. I can so relate to this post. It is just me. I want to spend all day schooling (I love it) and really resent having to do the housework. I would love to do some more creative things too, but the washing has to be done, dinner has to be cooked etc.... At the moment the endless clutter is drowning me, I try to do a little bit a day but it doesn't seem to make much difference... I am 6 1/2 pregnant with no.5, so I am feeling very tired and just don't have the energy to be the perfectionist I want to be. I guess I need to remind myself what really matters - relationships with my children, not being a "Martha Stewart mom" as Andrew Pudewa (of IEW) so nicely put it in his recent conference here in NZ. Blessings, Rachael. Renae, Thanks for your comments on my blog! It’s nice to know there are few people who read them.
I can so relate to this post. It is just me. I want to spend all day schooling (I love it) and really resent having to do the housework. I would love to do some more creative things too, but the washing has to be done, dinner has to be cooked etc…. At the moment the endless clutter is drowning me, I try to do a little bit a day but it doesn’t seem to make much difference… I am 6 1/2 pregnant with no.5, so I am feeling very tired and just don’t have the energy to be the perfectionist I want to be. I guess I need to remind myself what really matters – relationships with my children, not being a “Martha Stewart mom” as Andrew Pudewa (of IEW) so nicely put it in his recent conference here in NZ.

Blessings,
Rachael.

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