--- title: "Overcoming the limiting belief of \"Not good enough\"" description: "Knowing that \"enough\" is an infinite state makes it easier to allow yourself to be ok where you are right now. 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It’s because it’s a one-way street. You can’t make choices for other people but you always have free will in how YOU choose to feel about yourself. It’s not that you don’t love yourself, it’s just that you stop giving it your attention and instead point out all the reasons why you need to be something you’re not. For instance, “I need to lose 10 pounds” or “I should let my hair grow” or “I should be more giving and attentive to my family and friends” because “I’m not good enough.” ### What is *not good enough*? Where do these standards come from anyway? Who makes the “good enough” calculator to decide when enough is actually “good enough?” Isn’t it YOU that decides or is there ever an end to “enough?” It is an infinite thought to think of *anything* ever having an end. Unlike eating an apple, you can reach the end because an apple is concrete, it has mass. Enough is subjective.[![](https://lauralaire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Blog-Art-Template.jpg?width=575&height=575&name=Blog-Art-Template.jpg)](https://lauralaire.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Blog-Art-Template.jpg) The end only exists in the eye of the beholder. It depends on who’s looking, to decide when you’ve reached the ultimate state of “good enough.” When you think about it literally, it’s crazy because we never are truly enough. We will always be reaching for more or for something better. That is the joy of life. That is living. Knowing that “enough” is an infinite state makes it easier to allow yourself to be ok where you are right now. “Today, can I be good enough right now?” Of course, because it’s your decision to make. “Can I be better tomorrow?” Of course, it’s your choice too. When I look at my life every day, I don’t always remember that I’m on this infinite continuum when I feel “less than” looking at a photo of my wrinkly eyes or pudgy belly. But I can remember that to honor myself where I am is the greatest gift I can give myself. \[ctt\_hbox link=”K4CAr” via=”no” \]It’s not so easy to do but when you consciously decide to choose love over perfection, you give yourself enough grace to powerfully handle any emotion, challenge, or circumstance that threatens to keep you locked in the infinite loop of “not good enough.”\[/ctt\_hbox\] You are always good enough. You have *always* been good enough. Where you are right now is where you are *right now*. Looking back, day after day, who you were is how you got to who you are now. Such an incredible gift we have to be able to settle or to ask ourselves to be more. 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