In a conversation with an old professor, I learned the 80% rule. "If you shoot for 100%, you'll never be happy." They told me. "Shoot instead for 80% and celebrate the victory."

Aiming for perfection causes us to miss out on too many of life's beautiful ordinary moments. The perfect body, the perfect parent, the perfect employee. Let's embrace a strictly average existence instead, which allows us to show up exactly how we are, without the paralyzing fear of perfection or failure. And let's celebrate every single beautiful moment and victory along the way.