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A perfect day

Erikjan Lantink
3 min readOct 14, 2022

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A perfect day in Prague

Today was a perfect day.

[Today was Monday this week]

Not everything I did was perfect, but there were enough moments I truly got inspired by what I was doing.

Perfect days don’t need to be 100% perfect.

I’ve never believed in perfectionism, I’ve never tried to accomplish perfectionism, and I’ve never been upset if something was not perfect.

Perfect is a waste of energy.

And still, today was a perfect day.

So what made it perfect?

First, it was real.

Real because it didn’t start as I had planned.

Perfect does not mean everything always goes according to plan.

I was late to the gym because I needed to solve an iPhone-related issue at home. The apple fan in me wants to help when one of the family members is having an issue.

I solved the issue but showed up for my workout nearly 45 minutes late, including a bad traffic jam. It never became a source of frustration.

For the rest of the day, nothing extraordinary happened.

But.

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Erikjan Lantink
Erikjan Lantink

Written by Erikjan Lantink

Business & Leadership coach. Interim Leader. Writer. Speaker. Former Retail Executive (general management; operations; HR)

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