Alison Curtis: Ditching perfection and learning to let go

"Having everything in its right place is an exhausting mantra to try and maintain. It isn’t real life."

Alison Curtis Pic: Marc O'Sullivan

The cliched answer that most people give in a job interview when asked what their negative traits are is “I’m a perfectionist”.

But cliche or not, most of us are just that in some aspect of our lives. Either our home is super tidy or we won’t allow ourselves any mistakes in work.