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Self-Improvement versus Self-Acceptance

Acceptance - James Robbins - Dallas Whole LIfe Counseling

December 12, 2018 by James Robbins, M.A., LPC

Although I started playing the guitar at age 12, I’ve never been as good as I want to be. For better or worse, I am a natural born practicer. I often spend so much time practicing the guitar I forget to spend time simply playing the thing. It’s as if some part of me feels I still have to “earn the right” to fully enjoy the instrument.

Does practice make perfect? Maybe. But the most perfect guitar player isn’t necessarily the happiest guitar player.

Improvement versus Acceptance

You can spend so much time and energy saving money that you forget to enjoy spending it. You can focus so much on improving your home you neglect to simply sit on the couch and live in it. You can even work so hard on your relationships that you forget to genuinely relate. Being better is a worthwhile endeavor – but so is simply being.

When it comes to the business of living your life, the good news is you’ve already got the job. Wherever you are in your life, and however you got there, you don’t always have to be improving yourself for some imaginary promotion. Being yourself is enough. It has to be, because who else are you going to be?

Filed Under: Articles, Blog, Inspiration, Inspiration, Mindfulness, Newsletter Tagged With: Acceptance, life advice, Self-Acceptance, Self-Improvement

About James Robbins, M.A., LPC

James Robbins is a licensed professional counselor, published author and co-owner of Dallas Whole Life Counseling. He has over 15 years of experience helping people in various life stages that come from a wide variety of cultural, economic and family backgrounds. Learn more about his background by clicking here.

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