Why You Don’t Always Have to Put Your Best Foot Forward

Sometimes less is best

Be honest.

Do you ever just have one of those days?

(Or, you know…several of them?)

Do you ever wish someone would tell you that it’s ok to take a break from putting in the maximum effort?

Well, here I am!

I give you permission.

To rage against having to “do you best”!

Hmmm…does this sound like bad advice?

It isn’t. Here is why:

We are human.

What we aren’t is robots. Programmable. Designed to function at the highest capacity, one hundred percent of the time. Able to “reboot” our systems every time they are glitching and in need of a rest.

Sometimes, I wish we could.

As a species, we humans are struggling. Struggling financially, struggling with our health, struggling with our mental well-being…It would be unreasonable and unrealistic to think that we could be fully “on” at all times.

So, we need to lower the bar.

If 30% is all you have to give one day, then give that 30%.

It’s not about laziness. It’s about re-charging.

And as tough as you may be, even you need to re-charge at times.

Remain unconvinced?

Let’s look at it mathematically:

If you take that 30% capacity you have one day, and use the full 30% of it, that’s still 30/30.

30/30 = 100%

Congratulations! *The crowd cheers*

In seriousness, though…I think we, as a society, are collectively guilty of not allowing ourselves to just be. To listen to our bodies and minds, and slow down when needed. And I feel we need to start fighting back against that.

We can do it.

The final takeaway?

“Doing your best” is great. But you can’t be the best at every single moment.

And that, my friends, is ok.

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