You cannot be perfect

You cannot be perfect:

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You cannot be perfect.

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Impossible.

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Perfect doesn’t exist.

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It’s an idea in our heads told to us by our parents.

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By the media.

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By the books we read.

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Nothing is perfect.

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And will never be.

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You’re not supposed to be perfect.

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You’re supposed to screw up.

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You’re supposed to fail.

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You’re supposed to look like an idiot sometimes.

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That’s the point.

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That’s life.

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That’s how you learn.

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You only learn through mistakes.

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Through looking like a fool.

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Through not being perfect.

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I try to do my best all the time.

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Be the best person I can be.

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Show up in the world in the best way I can.

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But that doesn’t mean I’m perfect.

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Far from it.

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I deal with more in my life than you think.

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We all do.

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All of us have problems.

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All of us screw up.

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I had one last night.

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Got too drunk.

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Almost puked in the car ride on the way home.

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Got into a huge argument with my dad.

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It was bad.

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Really bad.

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I was bad.

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I went too far.

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Mixed too much alcohol.

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Made decisions I shouldn’t have made.

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It could have been worse.

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But it was bad.

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Not my finest moment.

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Not my finest hour.

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The worst part was doing it in front of my family.

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In front of all the people I love.

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It happens sometimes.

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For me, it’s happened a few too many times.

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That I need to reflect on.

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I need to think about.

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I need to understand why I go so far.

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It’s probably my ego and pride.

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I grew up drinking in British pub culture.

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Binge drinking every weekend.

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Every weekend revolved around alcohol and partying.

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It’s what we did.

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But now I’m 6 years removed from that life.

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I can’t just be getting black-out drunk.

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I can’t be doing that at family events.

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It was a mistake.

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I went too far and woke up today knowing it.

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It’s bad.

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But that’s ok.

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You’re supposed to have these moments.

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These negative experiences.

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That’s the only way you’ll learn.

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I need to be better.

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That’s it.

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That’s the goal.

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Not perfect.

But better.

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I’m not perfect.

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I never will be.

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All I’m doing is trying.

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Because there is no perfect.

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