Thursday Thoughts Edition #12
When good enough is good enough
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Welcome to our 12th Edition of Thursday Thoughts
When Good Enough is good enough
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When good enough is good enough.I like how Dr. Jennifer Kunst talks about Good Enough.
“With effort, I try to approach my life and my clinical practice with a basic assumption. It is an assumption that I cannot prove scientifically, even though it proves itself over and over again to me through experience. I believe that the sum total of what we have and who we are is enough to work with.
The good, the bad, and the ugly within each of us are the raw materials from which we can build a satisfying life. Nothing more is needed, nor can we do with less. We simply must find balance with all of who we are—finding a place for all of the conflicting impulses, attitudes, thoughts, feelings, and character strengths and flaws that we naturally have as the divided selves that we naturally are.
There is something profoundly reassuring about this idea. It means that you already have what you need in order to develop a more satisfying life. You don’t need to go out and buy it; you don’t need to steal it from someone else. You are the raw material. The work of personal growth is not new construction; it is a remodeling project. Weaker parts can be reinforced, repaired, and spruced up. More dominant, problematic parts can be softened, disciplined, and refined, placed more in the background rather than taking up center stage. Psychological growth is about reorganizing the inner world, not changing it entirely. We don’t create something altogether new; we work with what is already there.
I like this model because it rests on a foundation of appreciation, respect, and love for all aspects of who you are. It relieves perfectionism with acceptance. It tempers self-hatred with tolerance. It softens judgmentalism with grace. It views change as fundamentally constructive rather than destructive. It takes as a starting point the belief that you are enough.” - Dr. Jennifer Kunst in Psychology today
I hope that you enjoyed listening to today’s video.
Learning to accept that ‘good enough’ is ok can be a long process.
Today’s question:
“What stops you from accepting good enough?”
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Oooohh I love what you're doing with the recordings! This is inspiring me. I want to try to get out of my comfort zone and film myself slamming some poetry. Thank you for the inspiration!
We are sufficient as we strive.