April 26, 2017　=========

☆  idealistic  理想主義的な

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When I saw today’s word, I thought this describes me and my older son very well. We are both idealistic and have lofty goals of helping others… sounds great, right? Well, then I checked my dictionary, and it says that someone who is idealistic is unrealistically aiming for perfection!

Sure enough, when I checked for synonyms, words with similar meanings, perfectionist was the first word that came up! Hmmm… yes, it’s true both my older son and I are perfectionists, but I had never really connected this trait of idealistic with being a perfectionist! I always thought that I was being romantic and optimistic and visionary… but perhaps I’m just being a perfectionist!! Oh no!

Bye,

Chris