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February 04, 2006
To grrr is human
I was grocery shopping the other day, at Rainbow, and I was halfway through the store when I started thinking about the perfectionism that creeps in on me at the co-op.
I was passing up all kinds of yummy looking things... pizza crust with whole AND refined flour in it, croissants with whole AND refined flour in them, bagels with too many different grains, etc., ok... mostly breads it looks like. But here I was shopping with no list or plan, and a fairly empty cart. "What am I going to eat?"
The stooopid thing about it all was that not two days before Des and I split a pizza and sub from Extreme Pizza. So I do what. Throw it all out the window when I'm hungry and tired? And then pass up something that will be better and cheaper just because it's not perfect?
This kind of zero-or-ten (and nothing in between) behavior is something a friend pointed out in early high school, and I've been trying to become more and more conscious of it ever since.
So I went back, bought the pizza crust and some pizza supplies, and I'm feeling happier now. It's not perfect... but it's not empty either.
Happier still because tonight I made basil-almond pesto, and I still have nasturtium pesto in the freezer. It's like pesto central here.
Posted by Josh A. at February 4, 2006 11:26 PM
Comments
"progress, not perfection" ..another 12 step slogan
Posted by: MJA at February 5, 2006 11:34 PM