Good Enough

I’ve had this blog post simmering in my mind for quite a while. It’s about being “good enough”. What does that mean? In the past, I’ve felt that “good enough” actually wasn’t good enough; it was just an admission of being too lazy to keep working to get it (whatever it was) good enough. In other words, a subpar job that reflected poorly on me.

I’ve changed my mind. I have had a lifetime of high expectations. My education was a pressure cooker and the professional world of music demands perfection. I lean towards demanding perfection from myself. I’m not easy on myself. But, as I said, I’ve changed my mind about being good enough.

I’ve had a lot of projects cooking in the past several months – HARD projects, projects that challenge me and stretch me. I have had to accept imperfection and incomplete understanding. If I didn’t, I would be stuck forever, unable to go on. My bathroom floor would be unfinished. This new website would remain forever unpublished. I would never pass along the new concepts presented in the class I took because I would feel I didn’t understand them sufficiently myself. How sad is all that??

Life is a journey. I’m traveling on the road. Where I am today is good enough for today. Where you are today is good enough for today. I’m making a renewed commitment to myself to accept where I am with grace while I continue to chart new directions. Want to come along on the journey?