I Wish I Was Perfect
January 11th, 2009 | Categories: Life, Question of the Week | 5 CommentsFor as long as I can remember, I have been told that I am a perfectionist. I know that I definitely am one, but I’m not sure if it’s a result of a personality trait or simply because I’ve been told that I’m a perfectionist for so long that I just became one. Either way, it’s part of who I am.
Everything I do has to be perfect, and I often find myself bending over backwards to get everything just right for personal satisfaction. Even if I’m not required to have a perfect result, I’ll strive to achieve that much more to meet that higher standard. It just really irks me when I do something half-heartedly with a mediocre outcome when I know that the possibility of me working hard to achieve a brilliant outcome is there.
Sometimes I think that if I could change one thing about me, I would make myself perfect – but then I wonder, would it be easier if I just changed my perfectionist tendencies? Being perfect comes with a lot of pressure and high standards that realistically cannot always be met, and satisfaction in life is hard to come by. If I stopped wanting to achieve perfection, then life would be easier, more enjoyable, and I would be able to appreciate the smaller things in life.
Question of the Week: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be and why?
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Hi, I'm Manda. I'm a college student studying communications and languages. I like to read, shop, bake, and travel. I have a tendency to listen to my favorite songs on repeat for hours on end. Sometimes I catch myself thinking in a language other than English. 
You know for a seemingly common question, that actually took a long while for me to answer. I guess I wish I could be more steadfast in my beliefs and morals. I mean I already am quite, but I guess that extra boost of confidence can’t hurt! :)
Yikes, change one thing about myself? I would worry less. I fear my nerves will be the death of me. If I could just learn to be happy with the way things happen a little more (not even all the time–I know we have to worry sometimes), I think I would sleep a little better. :)
I wish I wouldn’t be hiding my true self in class, and around new people. That might be a pretty meaningful thing to change about myself.
I think that being perfect would be rather troublesome! Those high expectations get depressive after a while.
I’m with you 100%. I’m more a perfectionist than anyone I know. I’m incredibly picky, and tend to find myself doing tedious work a lot to make things perfect. Making things perfect means I always go up and beyond, but that gets so exhausting! And, I couldn’t change the fact that I want everything to be perfect anyways. :(
If I could change one thing about myself, it would be…the amount of sleep I get and need every night. It’s something that kills a lot of my time. When I’m sick, I need at least 10 hours to feel okay, and, since I graduated high school, I’ve needed at leas 8 to properly function, unlike the 5 or 6 back in high school. :( I waste a lot of time sleeping, but I need it. Argh.
Change one thing about myself? Hmmm… I like to think I like me the way I am, but we all know that’s not true, because we’re never satisfied with who we are. But if I’m given the opportunity to change something… I’d like my self-esteem to be a little bit higher, ’cause it’s pretty much underground… though I don’t really care what other people think of me, so that does it; but it would be heck of a lot easier.