Posts Tagged ‘perfectionism’
Yearning for Something Else
How much of your story has involved yearning for something else, versus working with what you have? When I was a teenager, I spent time in my grandparents’ house in Paris, Kentucky. It was a small house with one bathroom, which had a radio that was usually tuned to bluegrass music. One day, I heard…
Read MoreAfter the Honeymoon: Idealization and Disillusionment
A while back, I read that the honeymoon phase of most relationships is about 16 months. In that first 16 months, the “other†is glorified, idealized, and thought to perfectly complement us. The “other†does not have to be a person. We can also glorify and idealize a new cause or new passion, such as…
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