What do you do when you best is not good enough?

Sounds like you need to be good to yourself, quit beating yourself up. You may need extra sleep. I know that it will make a person really on age to be over tired.

when my best is not good enough and I keep on failing things that I work hard to succeed I find myself withdrawing from it. I take some time off and rest for a while, sometimes I knew my failure is the result of being so stressed out. I am being snappy because of it, like here in mylot when I make goals here I am stressed out when I can't meet it thus it make me snappy and I get mad easily, when I feel like there is some pressure on me I take time off. Just last week I don't do much mylotting(making my star went down huhu) and now I fell that there are no more pressure to do so hard here and I start again, cleared up my mind and was able to answer discussions with lengthy post.

If time is not the factor, doing things over and over again is fine for me cause im able bodied. Expectation is what some people wants from you and dont be too hard on yourself too. My case, putting in effort and giving the best i could do and still things went wrong i would sincerely apologise and move forward not dwelling on it.

I find that my best always falls short in my typing. I often retype words and they still spell incorrectly. I just have to concentrate more in those circumstances or apologise and take my punishment! LOL.

Just say screw it and not worry. I use to be a prefectionist but then I had this boss that everything I did was wrong so, I just did a "good" job and then let him tear it apart. It was much easier than stressing myself out and then be told it wasn't good enough.

i often have to step back and take a break for awhile. then go back abd try it. but i often get swearing lol.. but i have trouble with doing things or remembering how i did them, and i often end up messing things up more

Practice.Practice makes perfection.Al least near perfection which best enough for me.I can work on it from there.

when i feel like my best isn't good enough then i try harder the next time or I will redo the project a second time until I get it the way I want it. I want to feel successful and that I have given my all and able to do my best so if I feel it wasn't my best I will redo it.

hello sharra1, I'll be frustrated too but I will not take that seriously. Makes me more of pain if I'll do that. So, I'll take that as an experienced, and learn something from it. Anyway, there's always a second chance. Maybe next time, it's not yet time. There's a saying that "Try and try until you succeed." So, just keep in trying and never get tired.

What frustrates me the most I think is the times when I did give my best shot yet, it doesnt impress a boss or someone I tried to show the thing or doesnt even care to appreciate even a bit for what has been done. I did this many times and I think I have accepted a certain degree that I wouldn't be expecting an applaud or something, all I think about is the fact that I did my fair share. We know we did something best yet for sometime it doesnt have to be good, at least we give our best that only matters most, afterall, life is not perfect isnt it? Somewhere in my mind, I felt some satisfaction and I convince myself that I did what ought to be done. Anyway, what matters is you did your part, just keep doing what you think is best !

That is quite frustrating, on any level, I think. Sometimes, you just have to step away from whatever it is your are doing for a little while. This is what I do when I get that frustrated. I have learned that if you keep messing up, trying to continue is not the thing to do, it makes things worse. So, take a break, watch tv, read a book, come here and chit chat for a bit, then go back to it, once you feel your frustration and anger subside. *S*

yes it happens all the time.And i realized that during those times, It tests my courage and my will to do the things I really wanted to do. If I failed at first because my best is not good enough, It some times discouraged me, but then after a while,I study again my initial plan, and revised some of it if needed. I keep my focus, I just don't let discouragement sets it to stop me. I keep my vision and work for it. I will always find ways to succeed. If after all is said and done, and failed,I asked God's wisdom to understand everything and then move on. Be it to continue what I am plan to do, or seek for another opportunity...