Embracing Imperfection: A Personal Journey
Tonia Tonia

Embracing Imperfection: A Personal Journey

I am an imperfect human being. As a perfectionist, those words sometimes feel like sandpaper on my tongue. But they're true + they're powerful. It's a daily practice to allow myself to be human, to make mistakes, to be okay with forgetting to do that one thing. And while admitting it to myself is tough enough, saying it out loud is scary. Yet I've learned that voicing these vulnerabilities isn't just therapeutic—it creates space for others to breathe, to soften + to acknowledge their own journey too…

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Normalization. Or Lack Thereof.
Tonia Tonia

Normalization. Or Lack Thereof.

Image description: Photo of a pink lined post-it note against a wood grain backdrop. The post-it is titled “To Do” and lists three items: shower, groceries, and try not to spiral.

I had a bit of a profound thinking moment earlier this week. It happened in conjunction with another moment in which I realized I hadn’t fully thought through a situation and, as a result, I had to last minute scramble to find an alternate way to approach what I needed to do.

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