Cultivate by Lara Casey
Week 8: Chapter 7 — Embrace Imperfect Progress
Read Chapter 7 of Cultivate by Lara Casey.
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Possibly the most liberating chapter in the book, Casey dismantles the myth of perfect and replaces it with something more honest, more joyful, and more sustainable: imperfect progress.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Casey's central phrase in this chapter is 'imperfect progress is still progress.' How does that simple reframe land on you? Does it feel like permission, like lowering standards, or like genuine wisdom?
2.She confesses that her pursuit of the perfect life was actually a form of control — a way of managing anxiety and maintaining the appearance of having it together. Can you relate to that dynamic? How has your own pursuit of perfect functioned as control or fear management?
3.Casey argues that perfectionism actually prevents growth because it causes us to abandon things that aren't going perfectly rather than tending them through the messy middle. Name a goal, project, or relationship that you have abandoned or neglected because it wasn't going perfectly.
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