The Perspective Shift That Helped Me Overcome My Perfectionism
“Perfectionism is the exhausting state of pretending to know it all and have it all together, all the time. I’d rather be a happy mess than an anxious stress case who’s always trying to hide my flaws and mistakes.” ~Lori Deschene
When I got my start as a math teacher, it was 2012, and I had not been in a classroom in over ten years. I really wasn’t sure how teaching got done anymore.
I came into my first class with a piece of paper and many examples to share. I got up and started writing the examples on the …