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BETH THOMAS RECOVERING PERFECTIONIST Hey there Reader, Happy Friday everyone! I’m sending this a week later than originally planned... Past me probably would have been in full shame spiral by now. Have I been annoyed with myself that I didn't send this when I'd promised to? Of course. Has it created a big swirly shame spiral that felt eternally torturous? Not so much! Current-me is choosing to see it differently: I’m meeting myself with kindness instead of judgment. (spoiler; this has not...
BETH THOMAS RECOVERING PERFECTIONIST Hey there Reader, So. It is officially May. I know, I know... I've checked. Twice. Because as some of you very kindly pointed out last week, I got the dates spectacularly wrong (again) whilst joking with you about getting dates wrong. The irony was not lost on me! I am, if nothing else, consistent. But it did get me thinking. What happens when we hear something often enough that we just… stop questioning it? Not because it's obviously true. Not even...
BETH THOMAS RECOVERING PERFECTIONIST Hey there Reader, Right. Small confession time. I proofread my last email. Thoroughly. And still managed to announce that we were nearly at the end of May. It's April. Still (I'm fairly certain anyway...) Several of you very kindly pointed this out, and I want to say thank you — not just for flagging it, but for laughing about it with me rather than at me. That distinction matters. Here's the thing. A few years ago, a public blunder like that would have...