Imperfectly me-Learning to let go 31 th July 2025 Have you ever felt like you have to be perfect at everything? like getting top marks, always looking right, or never making a mistake? I have and I know a lot of others feel the same way too. There was a time when I believed that anything less than “the best” wasn’t good. Whether it was my art, music or schoolwork, I would constantly push myself to meet impossible standards. I would compare myself which ultimately made me feel inferior. “Comparison is the thief of joy” Theodore Roosevelt But here’s the truth: perfection is a moving target. No matter how hard we try, its never truly reachable and chasing it can drain the joy out of things we love. “Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it” Salvador Dalí In other words, perfection isn’t the goal, progress is. True creativity and self discovery live in the mistakes, the restarts and the things that didn’t go as planned. Some of my best outcomes have come from the moments of im...