“Striving for excellence motivates you, striving for perfection is demoralizing.” ~Harriet Braiker The last three months I’ve been trying an experiment. It’s something that I’ve never done before, and in a certain way, it’s been a huge challenge. However, in other ways, it’s been an enormous stress relief, and I would say a largely successful effort. What I’ve done seems to go against conventional wisdom, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a wise choice. So what exactly is this challenge? Well, I have actively gone out of my way to be average. Yep, sounds a little weird, doesn’t it? But … Continue reading 5 Psychological Strategies to Ease the Stress of Perfectionism