Perfectionism and Covid Don’t Mix
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5 min readFeb 15, 2021
A flawless life should never have been the goal.
Seeking perfection is rather inherent to being a Black woman in America. Like many others, my parents told me I had to be twice as good as White people from an early age. They programmed me to be the best at what I did to have any hope of being successful in life. Still, I didn’t realize I was a bit of a perfectionist until the dawn of Covid-19. One day…