On Making Mistakes

To my boss: "I'm tired of making mistakes."
Him: "You'd better get used to it."

I laughed, but a day later, his answer continues to ring in my mind. I was expecting him to say, "Oh, you'll get it eventually," but instead it was, "You'd better get used to it," - as in, you'll never not make mistakes. Once again, I've been operating under a let-me-learn-how-to-do-everything-so-that-I-can-do-it-perfectly mentality. I really did (do?) think that one day I wouldn't make mistakes anymore! How arrogant, how absurd. I guess I slipped that Super Lauren cape back on again...I really, really want to be perfect, but in reality, I'm such a mess.

I'm glad he reminded me of my humanness.