of our mahogany bookcase. (Who cares if we don't even own a mahogany bookcase - it goes better with our vision, so we throw it in there.)

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Photographs are so important to us, and most of us consider our photographs to be our greatest treasure. It can be pretty intimidating to face the task of caring for your greatest physical treasure.

It is such a big deal, in fact, that we may have unspoken visions of how we see ourselves handling this task. Whether we're aware of it or not, most of us would hope to pull off something of Martha Stewart's caliber when it comes to how OUR photographs would be arranged and displayed. (We should note that we're referring to Martha's artistic creativity, not her creative expression in finance).

Perhaps we have lofty visions of beautifully designed scrapbook albums, or handsome stacks of leather photo boxes neatly lining the shelves of our mahogany bookcase. (Who cares if we don't even own a mahogany bookcase - it goes better with our vision, so we throw it in there.)

Some of us are so afraid of not living up

al treasure.

It is such a big deal, in fact, that we may have unspoken visions of how we see ourselves handling this task. Whether we're aware of it or not, most of us would hope to pull off something of Martha Stewart's caliber when it comes to how OUR photographs would be arranged and displayed. (We should note that we're referring to Martha's artistic creativity, not her creative expression in finance).

Perhaps we have lofty visions of beautifully designed scrapbook albums, or handsome stacks of leather photo boxes neatly lining the shelves of our mahogany bookcase. (Who cares if we don't even own a mahogany bookcase - it goes better with our vision, so we throw it in there.)

Some of us are so afraid of not living u

pull off something of Martha Stewart's caliber when it comes to how OUR photographs would be arranged and displayed. (We should note that we're referring to Martha's artistic creativity, not her creative expression in finance).

Perhaps we have lofty visions of beautifully designed scrapbook albums, or handsome stacks of leather photo boxes neatly lining the shelves of our mahogany bookcase. (Who cares if we don't even own a mahogany bookcase - it goes better with our vision, so we throw it in there.)

Some of us are so afraid of not living u

, not her creative expression in finance).

Perhaps we have lofty visions of beautifully designed scrapbook albums, or handsome stacks of leather photo boxes neatly lining the shelves of our mahogany bookcase. (Who cares if we don't even own a mahogany bookcase - it goes better with our vision, so we throw it in there.)

Some of us are so afraid of not living u

of our mahogany bookcase. (Who cares if we don't even own a mahogany bookcase - it goes better with our vision, so we throw it in there.)

Some of us are so afraid of not living up to these unspoken expectations, that we'd rather not even attempt it. (Maybe we hear our mother's voice echoing in our heads, "If you can't do it the right way, then don't do it at all!") So we continue along telling ourselves that we will do it someday and when we do, it will be perfect.

Perfectionism is basically a fear of doing it incorrectly. To overcome this, recognize it and then get over it! A major oversimplification, right?

Well, look at it this way. Don't you have lots of areas in your life where you consciously decided to lighten up your standards? Perhaps you don't make your bed as carefully (or at all!) or your house isn't impeccably maintained the way that your mother did it.

But so wh