There’s No Perfect

I’ve just scheduled a post for tomorrow called learning more about imperfect me! We must be on a similar wave length! I think you rock too chick, and in fact more of us should spend time reminding ourselves of our general awesomeness!

Um my confession is that I have been a totally slacker of a blogger lately. Like, so bad.

Haha I can relate to like all of these! I should have studied last night but instead I watched the Oscars. I had to throw out some produce in my fridge yesterday because they went bad. I’ve had a guitar in my closet for 9 years and I still haven’t learned how to play it. I could go on and on haha. 😛

my ability to LAUGH…at ME!!! 🙂

haha i love this post! i think it’s great to realize that perfection isn’t necessarily even something to strive for. in my mind perfection doesn’t really exist so we’re never going to get there anyway. but for real – back up your computer. like…NOW. throw in a load of laundry and then back it up because you will never regret it but you will be so mad if something happens to your laptop and you lose all your stuff. oh and ask that boy out 🙂

Perfection is so, so overrated! Everyone has bad habits and things that they don’t get done – it’s part of the human experience.
My confession: I take ridiculously long, hot showers. Horribly wasteful habit, but I just get in there and start contemplating life. Oops.

If you think your laundry pile is bad, you should see my bedroom. It’s a little disturbing.

Amazing post!!!

Honestly lady I think think this is awesome…who wants to read about a “perfect little blogger” every day so you can just feel like crap about yourself? Not me! Im blogging about a challenge right now to eat whole foods for 50 days, and last week I went off the bandwagon BIG time. I mean I went OFF. I debated what to do, especially since I was getting so many comments from friends and family about what an “inspiration” I was. But what fun is that, people thinking you are perfect?

So thanks for the honesty! You rock!

AMAZING post Katie! OMG I love you to pieces girl! Such a true post! SO many people will love this one. I’m going to share it on Twitta and FB 😉 <3

Something I love about myself? The fact that I'm able to turn a bad mood into a good one really quickly with some positive self talk/thoughts

Something I need to confess? I don't feel like texting this morning, so I'm pretending my phone is dead. It's going off like crazy, but I just do not want to chat right now haha

Love you

Great post topic! I could go on and on about the things I’ve failed at recently…blah. I can’t seem to get the motivation to blog, Working out has just made me feel more tired lately, oh and I am the same with the food shopping! I always plan horribly for grocery trips and then I end up having to go way too much! Oh well…!

It’s always good to remember that no one is perfect. Glad to know I’m not the only one who has a big to do list I didn’t get to. Like my research paper I didn’t quite get to work on and the house that wasn’t cleaned. Talk to that guy!!!! I’m always scared of rejection or embarrassment but often regret when I don’t talk to someone out of fear.

There is 1 thing that is perfect….me. obvi.

You should see the stack of books I have that are unread….multiply yours by 15.

Since I have the attention span of a small puppy, it causes me to fall off of a lot of bandwagons. haha I dont have anything specific at the moment but it happens A LOT!
in other news, I feel like I am very on top of my finances lately which is a huge plus!

Perfection isn’t nearly as fun in life! I have laundry on my floor that I should put away, but it’s easier if I don’t. I have paper that needs cut for my wedding, but it is still sitting on my coffee table. I have work to get done, but I enjoy reading blogs more 🙂 There are always things that I fail at getting done, but life goes on and we just move on 🙂

I’m a constant reader and I usually never comment, but this post is one I must respond to. We are alike in that we have these long to do lists that, if accomplished, will make me feel like i have my act together (therefore closer to perfect). And as the weekend ends, as always, some of my weekend intentions didnt actually happen and this can get me down. But we need to remember that those are standards and expectations are not real and only have been created in our own heads. Things we tell ourselves will make us better people. We are as close to perfect now as we will ever be. Thank you for reminding me of this today!

Confession: I rarely do my own laundry and instead take it home to do it there where my mom does it 90% of the time.
I had grand plans to get a lot done on Saturday and instead I sat on the couch. I feel like I should be embarrassed by these facts, but I’m not. And that’s okay with me.

This post makes me like you even more :). I do the same thing with my “hand wash only” clothes, and I know I watch more TV than I should. As far at the cute guy thing goes…he should just ask you for your number already ;)!

I have a growing pile of clothes that need to be taken to the dry cleaners but just haven’t made the trip yet. What’s worse is there is a cleaners in my building and one on my walk to the ‘l’ every day. Maybe when I run out of work clothes, I’ll be forced to drop them off?

I bought dresser drawers for when I moved to Chicago, and before I moved my dad checked to see if all the parts were there. One set was missing a screw, so he had the company ship a replacement screw to our house, but it didn’t get there before I moved so my dad then sent it on to me. That was in June…and I still have the unopened envelope with that screw sitting on my desk. Whoops. Haha.

I think we all can relate to so many of these things. there are just some of those things that don’t go as planned or that we can’t work out perfectly. that is what makes life an adventure though 🙂

So… I think you kind of rock as well 😀 I seriously love this post and the message that it sends out. It can be a little disheartening to hear about peoples successes and accomplishments all the time when you’re more than aware of your own shortcomings, so reminders that no one is perfect are so refreshingly wonderful. Thank you 🙂

My confession? I’m absolutely horrible at responding to text messages and e-mails… I put them off for so long and then they pile up to the point where I can’t ignore them anymore, which is when I have to sit down and get to it in one big production. Woof. I definitely wish I had a better approach…

I do so many of the same things! I feel like I always have a list of things to do that never ends! I tried making one of those tanks and trust me it is impossible! Mine looked way worse than yours!

I love this post!!! Such a great concept that I think needs to be addressed more in the blog world! How awesome if we were all willing to admit our imperfections! I am the worst at finishing books! I always start them and get 3/4 of the way before giving up!

Great post! I too am a perfectionist attempting to be more “real” about my expectations and not be so hard on myself. Kudos to you for embracing your flaws! They are what make us human. Otherwise, we’d be totally boring!

I have a hand-wash pile that has been sitting around since July. How horrible is that!?!? We moved to a house this week, and I haven’t even gotten CLOSE to unpacking. I just move boxes around to make myself look accomplished.

Perfection is overrated and boring! I love this post. Very real, thank you for sharing.

I am SO bad at handwashing my clothes too! They seriously sit in a pile for weeks until I get around to it. Other things I am trying to work on (aka, just not really working on…) include: making sure I bring my lunch to work, actually following my meal/fitness plans each week and emptying the dryer when the cycle is finished instead of leaving clothes in there for days on end.

I loooooooove this post!! Especially because I laughed because I CAN RELATE. SO many of those things are me. Like the handwashing thing-the stack of books-the not keeping a plant alive. Amen.

p.s. thANK YOU FOR YOUR sweet card!!!! You’re such a doll. Can’t wait to wear the cute accessories!

I loved readin this post. I related to basically everything you said and it just goes to show that we are not alone in these imperfections of ours. And props to you for saying how awesome you are at the end! But it also makes me wonder WHY you haven’t talked the guy yet….he could think you’re awesome too! DO IT!

You just made me really want to write a similar post sometime this week. Love this, girl. You are absolutely right. NO ONE is perfect, and rather than beat ourselves up, we should celebrate that as making things more interesting 🙂 I, too, watched entirely too much parenthood this weekend and failed at going to at least one yoga class a week in February, since I just wasn’t up to doing much last week after work. And that’s ok 😛

Well said! If those are your worst qualities then you’re pretty dang awesome in my opinion!

I’ve been meaning to do something with the 30+ heart balloons from my birthday/valentines day in my living room. They’re just so fun! Plus I don’t know what to do with them. I think my body can only handle so much helium fun at one time!

I am so indecisive! I am also a worrier!! Its non stop. I just need to learn to relax. I need to realize nothing is perfect! Like you said there is no perfect !

You are so sweet!
1. My workout clothes are sitting in a pile and need to be washed (haha or flat out burned!). My fiancé said they reek. Oops?
2. I am way behind on planning my wedding because I have to actually… Plan my wedding. Double oops.
3. I would rather binge on Shameless and House of Cards (aka why 1 and 2 have occurred).

Boo! 🙂

I love this, and I love that listing your “failures” just made you embrace yourself that much more. Striving for perfection is exhausting, so we might as well be happy with ourselves where we are at. 🙂

I’ve been trying to read Devil in the White City for so long too! I just haven’t been able to get into it!