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I said what I said, AGAIN

Change your perspective, change your life!

Daily writing prompt
If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be?
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I used the word perfect so much back in the day, and I wanted to be just that and failed miserably. I was always coming up short and feeling less then. So this question is perfect; see what I did there. If you didn’t, please listen to my podcast and read this post I wrote last week. Look After Yourself Friday

Or you can read this first and then go to the other two links. Let me tell you how much I dislike the word PERFECT. That word should not exist; teenagers and young adults are searching o for the perfect person inside them. Social Media isn’t helping the search; they are constantly creating different filters and ways to decrease the size of your waste and increase your breasts.

More and more people depend on those filters to feel perfect!

So, to answer this question, I would be overly thrilled if the word perfect wood burn for more reasons than I care to discuss at this time. 

You could have chosen any blog to read, but you chose mine, and I’m honored!

~Belladonna~

43 Replies to “I said what I said, AGAIN”

  3. I think what you just expressed was…hmmm….what’s the word I am looking for??? Could it be PERFECT boys and girls??? Oh, but wait, I think I see PERFECT in the corner on fire! 🔥😲🔥 Now I wonder who would do a thing like that? 🤔😝😱

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  5. I agree w͏ith you that the word “perfect” ͏is often used ͏in a way that ͏is unreal͏ist͏ic and harmful. It can lead people to feel l͏ike they are never good enough, wh͏ich can have a negat͏ive ͏impact on the͏ir self-esteem and mental health. I th͏ink ͏it’s ͏important to remember that perfect͏ion ͏is an ͏illus͏ion. There ͏is no such th͏ing as a perfect person or a perfect l͏ife. We all make m͏istakes and we all have flaws. That’s what makes us human. I bel͏ieve ͏it’s much better to focus on be͏ing the best vers͏ion of ourselves, flaws and all. That’s what w͏ill make us truly happy and fulf͏illed.

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  6. I agreed with you earlier and agree 💯 now. I was conscious of my weight . I heard a lot crude remarks on the same – body shaming!! But now I just don’t care and have come to terms with it. However, this doesn’t mean I do not know the ills of obesity or the need to reduce. Since, I don’t have so much time to push in work out into my routine I am trying out other methods without getting depressed or low in self esteem. As at sixty my priorities are different I do not hanker after a zero sized figure. Rather I will imput more value to mental health and agility. And that’s me.

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  9. oh that’s easy…NO WORRIES!!!…grrr, I used to diss people that said it, especially servers in restaurants, unless they were actually had an Assie accent….now I’m using it…ALL THE TIME….where did that come from!

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  10. Lol word perfect, i hated that program because it was definately not perfect by far. Give me quark or word, open office or even quell instead. I get the meaning though i am far from perfect and more boring now in my older state.

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  11. Your points resonate as they echo an issue that has long been under scrutiny but rarely gets the attention it so desperately needs: the damaging impact of aspirational “perfection” on mental health. Thanks for sharing.

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