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The Beauty of Improvement

Every day we're told to keep track of our goals and what went well for us in the day. Do you keep track of where you can improve? It's something that I do that I'd love to inspire some others to do. Just knowing what it does for me gives me hope that it can do wonders for other people as well.


As humans, I feel like making progress is what makes us happy. That, and spreading kindness. I've learned to stop taking tips and critiques personally and use them as ways to improve myself. It's actually helped me get rid of my perfectionism too because it allows me to accept that I'm not perfect.


And I'm not only talking in the context of school or writing. I'm also talking about being a human in general. Even though I try my best to be the best person I can be to others, I still have moments where I word something wrong or say the wrong thing and hurt someone. I've learned how to stop beating myself up over those situations and finding ways to avoid similar things from happening again. I think it's super hard to be able to admit when you go wrong. It's so brave to be able to admit that a part of you was unintentionally mean or that a part of you was rude to someone. It doesn't mean you're a mean person. It just means you aren't perfect. Your personality is an average of everything you do. You can't be judged based on one bad day.


Hands down, perfectionism is what's constantly trying to tear me apart. It knows I care what people think and it knows I hold myself to high standards. So after I write out my goals at the beginning of the week, I also analyze whether I've met them or not by the end. Instead of writing myself up as a failure, I focus on what I will do next. It makes me feel less like I'm going backward and allows me to look forward.


That's the message I wanted to get out there. Sometimes even when I write, I write something that I don't intend to write the way I do. That's why I revise, to try to get the message I want across. It's important to think about more than just you when you're writing.


Right now I'm working on writing for everyone and thinking about what connotations each of my words read as to everyone. Not just people who think like me, but people who think differently from me too.


What are you improving on? I'd love to hear your story. It's so inspiring every story I hear :)



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