As the year closes, perfectionism whispers: Fix everything. Clean it up. Be better. Paul doesn’t press forward because he got it all right. He presses forward because he’s already known. “Not that I have already obtained all this…” — Philippians 3:12 Perfectionism is just fear wearing spiritual language. Identity says: I can move forward unfinished. I can grow without pretending. I can trust God with the process. A new year doesn’t demand flawlessness. It invites faithfulness. 👉 What unrealistic standard are you releasing so you can step into the new year free?

Before the world taught me to behave, before responsibility rearranged my path, before fear replaced imagination… Who did I want to become? Not the job. Not the résumé. The identity I felt forming beneath the surface. A hero? A creator? A protector? A wanderer of hidden places? Most of us outgrew the dream before we understood what it meant. But here’s the truth: What you wanted to be was never childish. It was pure direction. A signal from the part of you that hasn’t been edited by expectation. So… return to that voice for a moment. What did you want to be? And what remains of that desire now? Share below. Not to chase nostalgia… but to remember the thread you were never meant to drop.