Once in a yoga lesson my teacher said to me ‘you put a lot in, don’t you?’ It caused me to reflect on how I was doing my yoga (working hard at it!) and how perhaps I do this in many areas of my life, and how perhaps this may not be entirely useful for me. I wonder if this is my version of perfectionism?
More recently, I came across the idea of putting in 70% to anything you do. That’s right, not 100% but just 70%. What if that’s enough? I came across this idea presented by a famous Hollywood actor – and yes, of course I’ve forgotten his name – who stated that he never put more than 70% of himself into anything because that is enough.
So, I thought I’d share this idea with you.
If you find yourself duing tired and resentful at the end of a day, I wonder if you are giving too much of yourself away. Maybe consider saving more of yourself for YOU. How about going for ‘good enough’ instead of ‘here you are – have all of me’.
Play with it!
