The Aging Perfectionist

  • You Can’t Go Home Again

    I want to contribute and be a good person, even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard.

    February 26, 2024

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    Family, Motherhood
  • Take Me to Church … at The Cheesecake Factory

    Guys, I don’t know how to say it, but we went to church at The Cheesecake Factory.

    December 12, 2023

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    Family, Hope, Spirituality, teenagers, Women, Work, working mom
  • Controlling the Narrative

    I am 44 years old, on my second career, and think I am ready to push on to my third and final working chapter, whatever that may be. Alas, it is not retirement.

    October 23, 2023

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    Family, perfectionist, Retirement, Work, working mom
  • A Rough Patch

    I feel like my husband and I are going through a rough patch, where we are on different levels, different vibes, with different goals.

    September 29, 2023

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    Family, Life after small children, marriage, Motherhood
  • Confessions of a Working Mom

    My feeling of self-worth is tied inextricably into my work and my gratification comes through recognition of others and being right.

    September 20, 2023

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    Family, Motherhood, perfectionist, Work, working mom
  • The 10,000-Pound Gorilla

    In an instant, his dad changed from being a sleepy puppy dog to one of those giant gorillas you see at the zoo and think, “I wouldn’t want to piss that guy off.”

    September 14, 2023

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    Anxiety, Depression, Family, teenagers
  • I Think There’s Hope

    I’ve been mad at God. I still may be mad at God.

    September 12, 2023

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    ADHD, Depression, Hope, Motherhood, Spirituality, Women
  • Our Scars are Fading

    I will always try and be the best mom that I can be for this kid. Because he is special and beautiful and kind and amazing and broken and sad and lost and cynical, and he is mine.

    September 12, 2023

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    ADHD, Anxiety, College, Hope, Life after small children, Motherhood, Spirituality, teenagers
  • New Self, Who Dis?

    I have always been a people-pleasing perfectionist for as long as I can remember, but only recently am I experiencing how the journey of aging is affecting these character traits for me.

    September 11, 2023

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    Life after small children

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