I am imperfect

I am imperfect.
My hair is too blonde + neglected.
I never make my bed {unless someone is coming to visit, or Hubby does it}.
I prefer soft white bread over grainy good-for-you stuff.
I also like bacon with my eggs.
I don’t get enough sleep.
I’m hopeless with grammar.
I get super cranky for a week every month {go figure}.
I haven’t vacuumed for over a week {okay, and a half}.
I haven’t worn my wedding rings since Lacey was born. They don’t fit.
Instead I wear a $7 one I got on eBay.
My car has an odd smell.
I can’t park our car in our tiny garage.
I like to juggle twenty balls at once.
I get distracted easily. Very easily.
Sometimes I pretend I’m listening. But I’m not.
My inbox currently has 14813 unread emails.
I had my eyebrows done at a cheap salon near home.
I’ve been growing them out ever since.
I often lose my patience. Sometimes I cry.
I let the F word slip, sometimes. Okay, more than that.

I am imperfect. And that’s okay. I like myself all the same.

To all the women out there, happy International Women’s Day. Celebrate being you.


What makes you imperfect?

99 thoughts on “I am imperfect”

  1. I would cry if my inbox was that full, and would stay up all night with no sleep to try and empty it out. I think you should looks at it as a good thing. I have to say we are almost identically imperfect, except that I still wear my ring:)

  2. I love this. I freak out so often that I am as imperfect as I am and need reminders like this that it's ok. Nobody's perfect. I hate to do the dishes and frequently leave them in the sink until I can't fit any more in, or the Mr. does them. I always forget to brush my kids teeth before bed at night. I yell way too much because I hate to repeat myself. I lose my patience a lot, but pretend everything's fine when I'm around people that aren't my family. I am pretty sure I am addicted to chocolate. I have already demolished a bag and a half of cadburry chocolate eggs this week alone. I think I must have a pretty good metabolism though…which justifies it for me. I am inconsistent and emotional, and have said yes to way too many projects for March. But it's ok. I use up all the hot water when I take a shower even though we're a family of 4…And I don't get enough sleep either.

    Thanks for this post, it helped as today was getting a little ridiculous for me! Thank you!

  3. I like this post. As much as I think it's super important to stay positive and focus on happy things, I also think we need to acknowledge our own faults and/or weaknesses to grow and become better, happier, healthier people.

    Good for you! And good for you for saying, “That's okay. I like myself the same.”

    Sometimes I think the little imperfections are what make us exactly perfect anyway.

  4. I am annoyed to the 859th degree by my son singing 'go Diego go' instead of napping! I am looking at blogs while nursing my other son, to avoid screaming.

  5. I loved this post!! I never make my bed either! Out of the 2 years I have lived at my apartment it has maybe happened 5-10 times. I feel sloppy but oh well what's the point when I am just going to hop right back in less than 24 hours later?? 🙂

  6. Oh…the list of my imperfections could go on for more than a page, for sure… but it's who I am. And I kinda like who I am. To be honest, I think I'm one hell of a gal. As I think you are too!!
    PS – the “f” word – it's my favorite! 🙂

  7. I don't know anyone who is perfect anyway, although it takes a reality check these days with the personas that we all present on the web. It's freeing and refreshing to admit we are imperfect. Thanks for sharing yours and, by the comments, looks like we are in good company. I am grouchy more than not, my house is never clean enough, I don't read as much as I should, oh…this list goes on and on, but I am OK with imperfect. I say….take me or leave me…I am who I am. Thanks for sharing such a great topic!!

  8. thank you! this is just what I needed too today… you have inspired me to do a blog post about it too… thank you again for showing me that I am just like everyone else
    D xxx

  9. Imperfect – maybe. Very aesome – hell yes ! Great post, I love it.
    My imperfectness lies in putting unrealistic expectations on myself, not making the bed, cooking the same meal at least once every 7 days, too much wine, not enough patience and an aversion to exercise !
    Happy International Womens Day x

  10. Oh my Oh my…where to begin – My cussing will get me in trouble one day. I do not like cooking dinner. I am not the cleaning lady…Husband runs the vacuum. As a teacher I would like to skip the grading and go straight for the laughter.

  11. I think what makes us perfect is that we are all imperfect – and thank god for that otherwise I'd be all alone with my long list of insecurities 🙂

  12. We can all relate!

    I changed the not making my bed thing after reading an article and it does make an appreciable difference to the rest. Try it for two weeks, see if it works for you.

    Sx

  13. You don't love people because they're perfect, you love them despite the fact that they're not! How boring would the world be if everyone was perfect?

  14. You know what – that list might make you “imperfect”
    But those things mean you make a perfect mum to your daughter and a perfect wife to hubby.

    I am sure they appreciate the time not vacuuming/not responding to emails/not at the beauty salon because you are with them instead of away from them, striving for the image of “perfect”.

    Good on you for posting this list.
    But I hardly see anything even close to imperfect there.

  15. Love this post!!!

    My hair isnt the right colour (in between stages)
    I love when my kids go to daycare
    I am hopeless at parking the car (i tried 6 times this morning at school)
    I dont spend much time with my husband
    When i should be work i go camera hunting
    I weigh myself every day – Without fail
    I am way too emotional

  16. Aren't we all! I swear like a tricky, eat too much junk food, don't exercise enough, make friends too easily, love too often, hurt even in my 30s. But I am me.

  17. Nice to know you're human…just kidding. I knew that and you're FABULOUS! 🙂 I love you for loving white bread because I do and I hate when people give me crap for it…that I should be eating grain/wheat. Whatever.

  18. what is perfect, anyway? it's like when i watch wife swap australia, both wives think they're fine but they always learn something else from the other family. i think being happy is as close as we'll ever get to 'being perfect'. and sometimes it's hard to be happy, we just have to make the most of what comes our way. dodgy brows & all 😛

  19. My hair is too thin and won't grow long. And I'm hopeless at up do's and anything else but a side pony tail or letting them loose.
    I never take my bike to work but pay for the tram.
    I always say I will work out tomorrow… so I never really do.
    I am world's best procrastinator… I have 1001 tasks that need to be done before the end of the month and will probably do them all just 3 days before, while being super stressed and angry with myself for not doing them before.
    I can't get away from my computer… I'm always on Facebook or Pinterest.. even while watching a movie.
    And yes, I do love myself too.

    Thank you for this post Chantelle, it's good to know that I'm not the only one like that 🙂

  20. I m totally thrilled! I thought, i was alone, surrounded by a bunch of super Mums. Thanks for sharing this with us! And by the way, please excuse my rusty English. See I m also totally unperfect perfect.

    Regards
    Esther

  21. I love these… and am a non-bed maker too… and thus all the kids too… and… err… not that good at changing bed sheets either, in fact.

    Oh well… what would life be without a few wee goals.

  22. PS Please can you also do a list of all the things you love about yourself… that'd encourage others too to think of all the little lovely bits about themselves.

    Go the self-care mums.

  23. I am imperfect…

    -I can't put things away, leading to a 'floordrobe' and a cluttered bedroom (my hoarding is genetic, I have to fight it every day)
    -I get my hair cut on average every 8 months (even though there's four hair salons within walking distance of my house)
    -I get emotional very easily (I can cry watching sad tv ads)
    -I have adult acne and I still squeeze those pimples even though I know it makes it worse
    -I have let me contents insurance lapse for a month (yes a month)

    But I also…
    -Wash my face twice a day
    -Smile and sing out loud when i'm walking to work, listening to music
    -Spend way too much time picking out the perfect letterpress etsy card for each special event for my friends
    -Don't stress over the little things

    I like being imperfect, being perfect wouldn't be any fun. I embrace my imperfectness as it is who I am and it makes me happy. It is far too easy to pick out the negative things/things we'd change about ourselves and not the positives.

    Great post Chantelle, I really enjoy reading your blog

  24. Thank you so much for the post (& comments) I have always felt normal with my imperfections but my family has always shamed me for them. You have no idea how great this is for my soul.

  25. Fantastic way to honor yourself and all women on this day. Some of my own confessions will be that: I hate to floss, I can never find my keys, I find it really difficult to throw out old lipstick, and I am really impatient.

  26. The only thing that's ever come out of Angelina Jolie's mouth that I foun myself respecting was how she encourages imperfection being perfection.

    I relate completely.

    You are perfectly imperfect.

    And I hate those el cheapo wax salons, eyebrows are never the same! That is … until I went to benefit 🙂

    Highly recommend!

    Thankyou for celebrating women 🙂

  27. happy international women's day to you too! (for yesterday)
    imperfections are my favourite, they give us character! when others know we're not perfect they can relate, they are more comfortable knowing that we're an imperfect human, have character, have stories and our own ways of life
    lovely post

  28. What a great list! I like that you are honest about who you are – and that list could also have been the same for me!!!
    My car is a smelly mess
    I do make the bed, but only because you can see it when you walk into our bus!
    My wedding rings are in storage – cant remember the last time I wore them!
    Yep totally get crabby for one week a month – and cry when I am tired.
    Ok this is spooky how much I can relate to 🙂

  29. I can't believe that your in box holds that many messages, and here I was stressing because I had 67 in my box. My car stinks too! Every time I go to get it cleaned it rains, so it never gets clean.

  30. My list would be heaps longer than yours but I like to think that we are perfect in our imperfections !

    Have a great weekend !
    Me

  31. This post is great 🙂
    I am imperfect in these ways:

    I burp a lot.
    I hate dusting and hardly ever do it.
    I struggle to sit still.
    At work I would rather talk about food than work stuff. And I do. (just ask my coworkers)
    I am consistently inconsistant with my boys (I have always struggled with this one)
    Oh yeah I hardly make my bed too.

    Cheers 🙂

  32. Great post & my list would be too long to bother… for starters, I stay up much too late & want to kick myself in the morning (like now…it's 2:19AM here)… ugh

  33. Dear, dear Chantelle: get your wedding rings resized. A friend of mine and I both did this a few years ago, and wearing them again makes us both happy. And just a reminder that your readers love you the way you are, too.

  34. I've been taking the march challenge (recommended by a friend & am loving it!) and have logged onto your blog for the first time just now… I am imperfect too … I think you are me… ALL the things you mentioned are true for me too!.. (I secretly like my $7 ring better than my real wedding ring as I don't have to worry about it as much.)
    It's been a pleasure. Thanks for everything you do!
    Martine

  35. Excellent read, I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing a little analysis on that. And he actually bought me lunch because I found it for him smile So let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!

  36. I don’t think I can really be worse than everyone else (although your ‘crimes’ don’t sound too bad to me), but I don’t know how to start loving myself. Just how do you get past the negatives?
    (and if your photo is anything to go by, I love your hair!)

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