As a writer, I'm rarely satisfied with my work. There's always room for improvement - chapters to delete, sentences to cut. And even when I think I'm almost there, I'll invariably return within months and see glaring errors that should never have made it past the save button. It's the same with life too. I continually question myself. Why did I write/say/not say that? Why didn't I take the chance when I had it? Why didn't I make time?
But after discovering this amazing talk by Sarah Kay on the Ted Talks website, I've started to see it all from a different perspective. Yes, we tell stories because we want to lead many different lives, but it's also OK to accept that those stories are snapshots in time. They don't have to be perfect. They can be re-written over and over again. We can give ourselves license to let go once in a while.
You can find Sarah Kay's website here.
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