Comments on: I Got an “F” in Laundry Today, and I’m Totally Okay With That https://www.overstuffedlife.com/i-got-f-in-laundry-today-and-im-totally/ purposeful parenting and simplified living Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:08:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: charrette https://www.overstuffedlife.com/i-got-f-in-laundry-today-and-im-totally/#comment-3009 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:37:10 +0000 #comment-3009 I had to let go of my perfectionism a long time ago. It's a very liberating act. There are definitely times when we need to embrace mediocrity in the face of excelling at something more important.

Don't you love it when you get these little epiphanies from your kids?

]]> By: Shana https://www.overstuffedlife.com/i-got-f-in-laundry-today-and-im-totally/#comment-3008 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:09:18 +0000 #comment-3008 I need all the confidence boosting and perfection shielding thoughts you can offer so this post is fabulous!!! It's been a while since I've been over to read and am catching up now but I'm SO glad I did…I needed your "messages" today!! Thanks!

]]> By: Relyn Lawson https://www.overstuffedlife.com/i-got-f-in-laundry-today-and-im-totally/#comment-3007 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:59:10 +0000 #comment-3007 I love this wise and wonderful post. And, as a teacher, I am so grateful that you let your daughter revel in her feeling of success. I can tell you for certain that her good feeling about socials studies and her own success is far more important to her growth and learning than an A. FAR more.

I love how you have reminded me to apply this truth to my own life, too. Thank you again.

]]> By: Julie https://www.overstuffedlife.com/i-got-f-in-laundry-today-and-im-totally/#comment-3006 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:48:09 +0000 #comment-3006 Excellent insight and lesson. Being "okay" with ourself is really hard, but it is vital to our emotional well-being.

]]> By: Loralee and the gang... https://www.overstuffedlife.com/i-got-f-in-laundry-today-and-im-totally/#comment-3005 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 06:52:08 +0000 #comment-3005 What a great attitude – both of you! I know I have a hard time with things when I can't imagine how they'd apply in my life. So, when we can let things go that aren't important to our spirtuality – like laundry – and focus on the more important matters – like our children's esteem in themselves – that's what it is about this post that inspries me.

]]> By: Charlotte https://www.overstuffedlife.com/i-got-f-in-laundry-today-and-im-totally/#comment-3004 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 04:05:32 +0000 #comment-3004 That is a great lesson- for ourselves and for teaching our little ones. Focusing on the positive can go a long way.

I try to remember this when I start to feel the "I'm a terrible mother/homemaker/wife" panic coming on.

]]> By: Jill https://www.overstuffedlife.com/i-got-f-in-laundry-today-and-im-totally/#comment-3003 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 04:04:00 +0000 #comment-3003 I'm sooooo bad about this one. My kids can bring home kajillions of great grades, and I harp on them about the one that's not all that great. Sigh. I've tried to change and I've tried…and I'm still trying.

]]> By: Annette Lyon https://www.overstuffedlife.com/i-got-f-in-laundry-today-and-im-totally/#comment-3002 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:16:28 +0000 #comment-3002 Is perfectionism a disease? I swear it's so rampant, it's scary.

Today I got an F in laundry, and I'm really okay with that. Mostly because I kept up on it most of the week.

Gotta work on being okay in other areas.

]]> By: Anne-Marie https://www.overstuffedlife.com/i-got-f-in-laundry-today-and-im-totally/#comment-3001 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 23:39:59 +0000 #comment-3001 I hate being a perfectionist because I am so imperfect. It stinks. Lowering the bar is so much more comfortable.

eek! I'm afraid of 5th grade now!

]]> By: TisforTonya https://www.overstuffedlife.com/i-got-f-in-laundry-today-and-im-totally/#comment-3000 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:38:49 +0000 #comment-3000 I'm sitting here next to a 3 foot high pile of laundry that I shoved to the side in order to sit down with my lap-top and read blogs… but I do have really nice essays right?

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