Perfectionism is a rigged game—here’s how to stop playing

Perfectionism sets impossible standards, leaving you feeling like a failure. But there’s a way to recalibrate your expectations.
Being a perfectionist is like playing a rigged carnival game. It’s presented as easy and within reach when it’s actually impossible and unattainable. People who are expected by others, or expect themselves, to be perfect are trapped in a nonsensical world where normal and difficult are confused with perfect and easy. Unable to achieve perfection, they’re bombarded with messages that they’re not thinking, feeling, or performing normally: https://www.fastcompany.com/91297546/perfectionism-is-a-rigged-game-heres-how-to-stop-playing