Searching for Perfection

Call it writer's bock, call it procrastination, call it searching for perfection.  Call it whatever you want, but whatever the label, "it" kept me from posting anything for almost four weeks now.  Wow! Four weeks! That's an eternity in Blogland!  It's not that I haven't written anything.  I have.  I have a few drafts that for one reason or another I simply haven't been comfortable posting.  I guess I call "it" finding perfection fighting perfectionism.  Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I'm trying to get over it.  And the best way that I have found to get over "it" is to remind myself that I'm not performing brain surgery or attempting rocket science.  I'm not doing anything that is earth shattering, I'm just putting myself out there in written word.  If I get a good response, I'll do a happy dance.  If I don't, what difference does it make?  I may not be a professional blogger with a huge fan base or award winning ideas that get published in magazines. I need to quit comparing myself to those ladies.  They do an awesome job, and I enjoy following them and being inspired by them.  But I am who I am, and I do what I do, and if people get me, okay.  If they don't, what difference does it make? 

I have to remind myself why I started this blog:

1. To share the life lessons that I have learned, and also the ones God is still trying to teach me.  My life is full of ups and downs and sometimes it helps me to process things by writing it all out.  That way I can see where I've been and hopefully give me some idea of where I need to go or what I need to do next.  (It's a lot cheaper than therapy.)
2. I hope to help or possibly inspire others with the stories of my successes and even my failures.  It always helps me when I hear other peoples' accounts of how they coped with some of the same issues that I am dealing with.
3. And finally, to record my family's everyday life events for our future generations.  

I also have to remind myself that only God is perfect.  And while I know that nothing I do will ever be perfect, if I keep my focus on Him, He will keep me in His perfect will.

So with all that being said, I will be retroactively posting things that I have written over the last couple of weeks.  Thanks to everybody who has asked me when was I going to post something new on my blog, or who inquired about the progress of my kitchen update or other projects.  Your loving persistence has encouraged and motivated me to get past my perfectionism funk.  I guess I do have a few fans!

Thank you for your support!
Love Evette