As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.
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In getting older, I find myself becoming progressively more ineffectual in a lot of different ways, and part of that is down to no longer having the youthful feeling that what you're doing has any true impact.
The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
The older I've got, the easier I've found it to accept myself. I think I've finally learnt not to beat myself up so much.
As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.
Getting older doesn't bother me. When I was 30, I thought I should have achieved more, but you get more comfortable and think it's time to stop putting pressure on yourself.
When I was younger, I was more self-conscious about living up to or surpassing the expectations of others. But as you get older, you start to build confidence.
I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.
Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'.
I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault.
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