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Holly Whitaker
Sep 24, 2015
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I thought it was a big deal that I kept eating the hot dog trio for lunch when I made this post, hence the picture of the hot dog trio, which I miss eating so, so much.

This week on the HOME Podcast, Laura and I discussed perfectionism. As it relates to addiction and recovery. As it relates to body image and life image and Facebook image. As it relates to being human in 2015.

It's a topic I am well versed in, being a Type A perfectionist who is by nature an overcommitting messy mess dreamer. It's the biggest cross I have to bear. That I want my life to look like a Goop newsletter. That my life does not look like a Goop newsletter. That my life will never look like a Goop newsletter.

I will never remember your birthday, my cardigan will always be missing that button, I will forever be reading 20 books at a time, I will never train for that marathon even though I will tell you I will!, flossing regularly is a pipe dream, I will continue to set up my budget in Mint and never tend to it, and…

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