If it makes you feel any better, I love watching imperfect, casual vlogs. They feel more authentic to me than perfect, staged, cookie cutter videos. My favorite youtubers are the ones who sometimes show their vulnerable side, include bloopers, and remind us that they’re not perfect either. Sometimes life gets lonely, and the quickest cure is to turn on a good old fashioned vlog where someone is rambling about whatever is on their mind and showing the camera what they’re doing for the day. It’s comforting to instantly have a friend on the screen, and only the imperfect KZfaqrs feel like friends. Thank you for making this video. As an almost ex-perfectionist and almost 30 year old, I greatly appreciate it.

As a very slow turtle-paced person myself, one of the best things that I've realized that things will always going to take me 2 or 3 times as long as I think things will. And remember... it's okay to walk slowly as long as you keep walking. Some of the perfectionism seems to be based around the notion of being behind where you "should" be. So, I think that once you embrace your turtle-self like I have, you'll be okay with going at your own pace.

Whatever you do, i will just leave a like, thank you. You are beautiful soul.

Kristen my sweet friend, you are loved! Loved by God, and loved by your family and friends:) We love who you are:) We love who you are becoming:) I think it is amazing that you are intentionally trying to give yourself grace. I’m proud of you for working on building your thankful outlook! I can relate to your struggle too, btw:) you’re not alone in this.

Thank you for sharing this! Perfectionism is something that I struggle with too. It's hard to fight it!

I hear ya. Try not to stress too much. I'm almost 50, and I'm still trying to figure shit out. You're not alone there.

I relate to everything you said here so much. Thank you for sharing. I am working on my own creative project (recording and having 10 songs produced) and I can be so hard so on myself when I don't accomplish what I want to in a day. I distract myself with ANYTHING but the task I need to do, probably because it's so much easier to do that than to sit with the feelings of doubt that come with doing something so new and challenging. But I find when I acknowledge those feelings, sit with them, and recognize that they do not have to control or stop me, I can then find it easier to move on and get done what I need to get done. And in the end I feel so much better getting a small task done, and just focusing on that for a few hours, rather than constantly getting caught up in the big picture. Eventually it'll all get done. It feels nice to know I'm not the only one who feels this way! I also feel like by embracing our imperfections, we can then start the journey of making progress. This has been my experience in the past couple months. Once I accept that everything won't be exactly as I thought, it opens the door to a world of progress. I. was always so scared about comprising quality or authenticity in my work, but I'm realizing that that is a symptom of perfectionism, and that it's not all-or-nothing. Thanks again for sharing. I really like this style of video and it's a great example of how imperfection in some funny way is part of the answer.

We are all perfectly imperfect. Focus on things you enjoy. Keep grinding

I feel like I also have felt more of a perfectionist lately, feeling bad when I don’t seem to be able to wake up at the time I planned or get the work done that I planned and be consistent and productive. I too have to learn again how to slow down and be content with what I have and what is now with all the imperfections, just taking time to live and just breathe, doing the simple things. God bless you, you’re a big encouragement ❤

Overthinking is a hard way to reach our target in the live for this I love Nike Slogan: Just Do It

I've been missing your uploads for awhile. Glad I found your channel again.

Thank you, Kirsten. You are brave, gifted and persistent. I appreciate and love you! Good video!

This is just perfect.

Great vid, I find a good challenge to do to combat perfectionism is to give yourself a time limit task, commit to shooting a short video everyday for a period of days, 7 / 14 / 30, whatever, then you will realise that you can make good quality videos without over thinking and the imperfections that will be there, either add something to the video, or you realise they don't take anything away from it, then hopefully you'll become more relaxed about what it is you are doing and not over analyse / over think everything.

Hope you're doing well, Kirsten! :) Thanks for sharing all you do. I struggle with similar challenges, self doubt/criticism, and thoughts. It's nice to see someone really pushing to try and improve. I'm 30 in a few months, which has been making my self-doubt talk / criticisms a lot stronger, as I always had a goal to have my "life sorted by 30" (being in a job I love, being financially stable, having more set in stone interests, having a more consistent routine, having reached a few health/fitness goals, etc). I'm nowhere close, but I'm giving it a good go! Also like I've said before, you are so good at videography and story-telling! I really appreciate what you do, keep at it! We're rooting for you. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos :)

Kirsten! I love watching your videos! I feel so much of what you are saying. It is tough changing our habits. I am constantly letting myself off the hook when I need to hold myself accountable. Slowly learning to change my perspective. It is a journey for sure.

Yay love your videos 🤘🏿

Beautiful storytelling despite it being imperfect! ❤

I really like your videos, the message, the atmosphere, the editing. Thank you sharing, and good luck on your journey !

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It is good to see you posting a video today. That sign you have that says "Pray More Worry Less." Yes! That is also important to overcoming all the negative self-focus. Kirsten, you are taking positive steps and it is already showing. Bicycle riding all summer took me out of depression when I was in my twenties. Exercise is so good for the mind. When I think I no longer matter, I read Jeremiah 29:11. The Creator is interested in seeing you live a life of joy and victory. Praying for you--so glad to see you on this path--all the best.

I want to say thank you.

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This woman is so beautiful.

Maybe a lifetime of study could solve the issue i just mentioned, that was actually related to my area. Think like that, why not commit a life of application to some fascinating challenge that actually requires a lifetime.. rather than beat oneself up over past years peformance in things that are small or limited in scope. whats likely to be better all round ? Think about the real creative pioneers, dont they commit to a lifetime of exploration in the service of new areas in something thats massively bigger than they are ? One cant be too perfect in a new area because theres no yardsticks there to measure oneself. And all the space encourages exploration. If I was starting into film i would be creating in VR to actually have room to play and explore a mindblowing awe inducing area that will take a long time to become stifingly competitive and requires a life to expouse. The beneficial perfectionism will be there no matter what so dont pander any more to it. And once one has a direction thats all encompassing its also a chance to channel perfectionist side into somewhere more useful, such as organising or studying the habits, tips and systems of succesfull creative people that are close to your type.

The term "perfectionism" seems so ironic since it seems like it is mainly caused by lack of confidence.

You seem to have some technical ability, so have you considered going deeper than this. studying neuropsychology for answers about why the brain makes us act and feel like it does? Not just the re-enforcement mechanics of the brain and its constant goal production.. but also the reasons why it evolves these states across time. After all with 7 billion on this planet then there are will be many tens of millions with a cognitive-emotional setup just like yours Why do they all function like that ? Another thing is once you get into the neuroscience and evolutionary theory of mood, anxiety, perfectionism you will come across the mechanics of why creative people are creative. Of course there are many types of creative people from high paced, prolific and interaction driven to shy, slow and less productive. They have different quality levels, originality, consistency, difficulty of area they can create in and volume of output. Why are they so different ?

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