Don't be perfect. Be interesting.

Interesting > perfect

I see you over there, struggling with perfectionism, setting unreasonably high standards for yourself and then berating yourself when you inevitably fail to live up to them (it’s okay, I do it, too).

There’s something you need to know:

You are utterly fascinating — exactly as you are.

I’m serious. You, dear reader, are so fucking interesting! In all the history of the universe, there’s never been anyone like you before. There will never be anyone like you again:

• No one else who can create what you and only you create

• No one else with your exact combination of passions, skills, talents, and genes

• No one else who can do the work that’s uniquely yours to do

Why would you ever, ever, ever want to be perfect when you can be your wild, singular, captivating self?

There is one being in all the universe who is both perfect AND interesting, and her name is Stella.

Stop bothering with perfection. It’s a total waste of your interestingness.

Just show up and be your badass self.

It’s enough, I promise.

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