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Do You Struggle With Perfectionism?

Perfectionism vs. Living into the present moments of your life

Nancy Blackman, MASF
4 min readSep 27, 2022

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Do You Struggle With Perfectionism? by Nancy Blackman, mindfulness, being present, spirituality
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Spirit, let my soul rise up to meet you so that you may guide me into living in the present moment.

Taking delight in the present moments of your day way overpowers living in the oh-but-if-only-I-had-this mindset. Yes, you might not have a person or people in your life. Maybe life has thrown you a few curves. Maybe your dreams are still waiting for you.

Don’t forget to live into the present.

Let me say that again. Don’t forget to live into the present.

Why “into” instead of “in”? Because when you’re struggling with needing everything to be just so-so, you need to move into it as opposed to jumping right in.

According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, the word “into” is a preposition that means “expressing movement or action with the…

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Nancy Blackman, MASF
Nancy Blackman, MASF

Written by Nancy Blackman, MASF

Boosted & 8x Top Writer. Owner: Refresh the Soul publication. Editor: The Shortform and Poetry Playground. Published in: “Mixed Korean: Our Stories" — Kindle.

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