Good-enough parenting is good enough!
A couple of years ago I had somewhat of an epiphany. I was reading Sheryl Sandberg’s memoir, Lean in, a deeply absorbing read, and I came across this paragraph:
“Trying to do it all and expecting it can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. “Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.” As someone who strives for perfection in many areas of my life (professionally and personally), I am also happy to fall spectacularly short in other areas (such as dusting, folding fitted sheets and reverse parking).
The “Done is better than perfect” maxim is prolific on social media but it tends to be in more of a business context. It suggests that if the quest to do something perfectly inhibits you and interferes with you getting started, then it’s pointless. If I aimed for perfection in every blog post to go live on this site I would never post a thing. It’s usually after I have pressed ‘publish’ that the typos and grammatical errors become glaringly obvious!!…