Here’s my very simple message: perfection is not required to do work that’s meaningful to us. Shaming ourselves and others never serves any purpose, so let’s replace that with self-compassion.
I’m writing this as a political commentator who focuses on Palestine and a human, I have to say that the last month has been very tough.
But it has also shown me something that I know many of us have to navigate: being very much imperfect people doing work that matters to us.
I think to continue, self-compassion is a must, together with a very simple understanding that imperfections are (1) very subjective and (2) even if they’re actually what we ourselves notice as something not ideal, still allowed.
As I say in my video, I’m not glorifying practices that aren’t good for our health, saying “anything goes.” But a lot goes indeed into being complex and multi-dimensional people.
Thank you for keeping your humanity as one of those dimensions ❤️
Justina
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