A short conversational transcript (YouTube) where Lori Harder and another speaker discuss the cultural pressure to appear 'balanced' and perfect. They argue that striving for constant perfection is unnecessary, encourage accepting messiness and imperfection, and offer practical relief (e.g., not answering every message or maintaining a spotless house).
Why do we feel so much pressure to feel like our life is balanced? Like, I get that question all the time, too. Like, how do you balance it all? I'm like, oh, my God. I don't.
There's a real.
Misconception that being messy, imperfect.
Is not okay. You can live a life that's just uniquely yours. It doesn't have to be the one.
You see on Instagram. It doesn't have to be the one.
Your mom imposes on you.
Your friends.
Look like they have. Everyone's got.
Their stuff, their.
But trying to maintain this, like, perfection, that's bullshit.
My life got.
Exponentially.
Better when I learned that the house could be an absolute disaster sometimes. And when I learned, like, there's always going to be a fire burning, there's probably always going to be someone who's thinking something about me or, why didn't you return that text or that email? And now I'm like, you thought, I don't have to answer all the messages. I don't have to answer all the emails.
It's like, freedom.
