Don't Sweat the Little Things #1

In the busy hustle and bustle of life and cryptos, it's easy to lose your footing on your surrounds and real life. I would know this first hand. I've had to take a step back from cryptos on multiple occasions because it just consumes me at times, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who's felt like this.

So, I thought I would start a new little chain of threads to share some knowledge that I've learn from a few books by Dr. Richard Carlson about keeping yourself grounded and cool in high stressed situations. Whenever I feel my stress rising, anxiety creeping, depression looming, I remember these simple ways to keep the little things from taking over your life.

I want my first thread to about something that I try and practice everyday:
Making Peace with Imperfection

I have yet to meet an absolute perfectionist whose life was filled with inner peace. The need for perfection and the desire for inner tranquility conflict with each other. Whenever we are attached to having something a certain way, better than it already is, we are engaged in a losing battle. Rather than being content and grateful for what we have, we are focused on what is wrong with something and our need to fix it. When we are zeroed in on what is wrong, it implies that we are dissatisfied.

Whether it is related to ourselves - a scratch on the car, a disorganized closet, a big loss on a crypto, a few pounds we would like to lose, the way someone looks - the very act of focusing on imperfection pulls us away from our goal of being kind and gentle. This strategy has nothing to do with ceasing to do your very best, but with being overly attached and focused on what's wrong with life. It is about realizing that while there's always a better way to do something, this doesn't mean that you can't enjoy and appreciate the way things already are.

The solution here is to catch yourself when you fall into your habit of insisting that things should be other than they are.

Gently remind yourself that life is okay the way it is, right now. In the absence of your judgement, everything would be fine. As you begin to eliminate your need for perfection in all areas of your life, you will begin to discover the perfection in life itself.

As always, stay classy steemians