My biggest learning from 3.5 months of marriage – ditch perfection.
As kids, we are born improvisers. We make friends with any new kid, laugh a lot, and embrace every situation. As we grow, we learn to plan and then get attached to that script in our head. So, we walk into a new situation – a new team, a new job, or a new relationship – with a script for the perfect teammate, the perfect boss, or the perfect spouse. And guess what? it never works out. We’re disappointed and upset.
I am all for aiming for perfection for a few chosen pursuits like an important project at work. For the rest, particularly in close relationships, ditch perfection. Prepare, show up, improvise, care, put in as good a shift as possible, and laugh easily. Happiness does lie in the journey and the journey is what we make of it.
A Learning a Day 