your daily rock : lower your standards

March 7, 2013 in Daily Rock, General

“Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” -Voltaire

Sometimes we need to lower the bar for ourselves. Not forever, but for a moment, to give ourselves a moment to breathe in the midst of all this striving. Giving ourselves some grace is not failing, and it is not a deep dive into mediocrity either.

You want to exercise 30 minutes a day, but never do? Set the bar at 10 minutes a day and enjoy succeeding at it. You want to have friends over for dinner, but never have time to cook? Invite them over for take-out rather than miss the time to see them altogether.

Allow yourself to have some “wins.” Is that so hard?

This doesn’t mean to “settle.” It means to adapt to your true reality, not that ideal one that keeps us out of living.

How can you lower your bar today?

Love,

(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.