“Once you discover freedom, you want to capture it, never let it go.” — Geneen Roth
Over the weekend I went on a hiking trip with some friends.
Not only was it a great time spent with great women, but it was also a reminder of how far I've come in my self-love journey.
During a weekend like this, the old me would have:
felt guilty about eating a burger
been too embarrassed to wear shorts because of the cellulite on my legs
shamed myself for going 3 days without a "real" workout
And this weekend NONE of those things caused me any stress.
👉 I ate the burger AND the bun...gasp! 😱.
👉 I wore the shorts, pasty legs and all.
👉 I missed two workouts.
And nothing terrible happened.
I didn't feel like I "ruined" anything or that I needed to "start over" when I got back.
I'm not doing extra workouts or skipping meals this week to "make up" for the weekend.
I'm simply getting back to the regularly scheduled program.
Without any guilt, shame or judgement.
And let me tell you...it is a feeling of freedom that the old me never would have believed was possible.
Because the old me was convinced that there were "good" and "bad" foods, that mistakes equaled failure and that my self-worth was attached to the number on the scale.
The old me thought that I needed to be perfect.
And that constant pursuit of perfection kept me trapped in a place of self-loathing and sadness for so many years.
But now, after a lot of "learning the hard way", I've come to know just how liberating it is to embrace imperfection.
And that all the things I thought would happen if I wasn't a tyrant with myself were just irrational fears.
Most importantly, I've realized that letting go of the need to be perfect has lead to the happiest, healthiest and most fulfilled version of myself.
And I want the same for you.
I know how miserable it is to live inside the prison of perfectionism.
I know what it's like to never feel "enough".
To think that if only I was _____ (thinner, prettier, more successful) then I would be able to be happy.
But now I know that there is another way...and I like this one a whole lot more.
How can you let go, even just a little bit, of the need to be "perfect" today?
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