{"id":163,"date":"2012-02-16T12:39:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T20:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=163"},"modified":"2012-02-16T12:39:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T20:39:23","slug":"nobodys-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=163","title":{"rendered":"Nobody&#8217;s Perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>I got to thinking about perfection. Why do we strive to make everything so unattainable? Is perfection healthy? Does it motivate us? I don\u2019t really think so. Working hard is important, but at the end of the day, doing just what you could is enough. Do your best. That\u2019s really what counts.<\/p>\n<p>In no way am I a perfectionist. I like things done the way I like them, but I don\u2019t see the need to stress about perfection. Nothing is perfect. And that\u2019s okay. We have to learn that nothing in life will ever be perfect. We can\u2019t always have the perfect job, relationship, body, or grades\u2026 to name a few. But who needs perfection? Isn\u2019t life a little more exciting when it\u2019s unpredictable\u2026 when it\u2019s about doing our best and leaving it at that? When today, and every other day after that, comes to a close, remember that you did what you could. Don\u2019t stress about what you could\u2019ve done. Just always remember that if you tried your best, you have done everything right. So sleep soundly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got to thinking about perfection. Why do we strive to make everything so unattainable? Is perfection healthy? Does it motivate us? I don\u2019t really think so. Working hard is important, but at the end of the day, doing just &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=163\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions\/164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}