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[Former-Member]

Thank you for sharing @frog, I really love this – it's a great reminder for those of us in the community who struggle with the largely unattainable goal of perfection (guilty over here!).

[MDT]

I love it @frog

[Faith-and-Hope]

Love it @frog …. 💚👍

[NatureLover]

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@frog wrote:

The pursuit of perfection is damaging to our health; we’re better off embracing being ordinary Would-we-be-happier-if-we-embraced-being-average?

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@frog  I really agree with this! I'm happier since I lowered my standards on everything, like keeping my house neat (I can't manage the house), achieving things, etc. My MIs made me lower my standards, and so I couldn't 'do' perfectionism any more. I still have a little bit of it in my volunteer job, but luckily I don't tend to beat myself up too badly these days for mistakes...just a little bit. 

[frog]

Hi everyone.

I recently posted about the Right to Repair. Here's a follow up:

Introducing-fixing-factories-where-you-take-electronic-waste-for-repair/ 

@NatureLover @Faith-and-Hope @MDT @Former-Member @Gwynn @cloudcore @Snowie @Adge @Eve7 @Former-Member  and the whole gang...please tag anyone who might appreciate some positive news!

[frog]

Hi all

Oh how the news is getting me down atm. Anyone with some positive stories, please post!

I read about an heap of creative solutions to plastic pollution in Africa:

People are turning the stuff into house bricks, designer textiles, cooking fuel and more. Such innovations are being celebrated by the Afri-Plastic Challenge, which announced its shortlist this week. The prize was launched to help entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa scale up their response to plastic pollution.

In the running is a Nigerian project that turns plastic waste into designer textiles; a buy-back scheme in Kenya that helps women earn money through plastic recycling; and a Rwandan project that turns plastic waste into school benches. The prize will also offer dozens of grants to startups with scalable ideas.

@NatureLover @Faith-and-Hope @MDT @Former-Member @Gwynn @cloudcore @Snowie @Adge @Eve7 @Former-Member and the whole gang...

[Eve7]

 great post @frog  💚💚

[Appleblossom]

Ahhh @frog  We have the same idea about what constitutes positive news ...

lotsa permaculture  projects ....eg

https://www.permaculturenews.org/2015/10/29/the-african-permaculture-movement/ 

[frog]

Thanks @Eve7 @Appleblossom for your replies.

Hello @NatureLover @Faith-and-Hope @MDT @StuF @Snowie @Former-Member @Shaz51 @Adge and all forumites.

I really like the following story because this artist reminds me to look for positives in the ordinary:

People-watcher-artist-everyday-scenes 

I am struggling with anxiety for a number of reasons, including mainstream news media and social media. I also feel like I can't make a difference in the face of overwhelming suffering and, dare I say it, evil. My only solution atm is switching off, or at least taking breaks from it, but hope this article might help someone:

How-to-cope-with-bad-news

[MDT]

hey @frog
Moight have a read of that. Got some bad news today - well more challenging news I guess

Not the best here atm