How To Be Cured of Perfectionism

How To Be Cured of Perfectionism:
Turn at least 40 years old
Live in a developing country in the Middle East for 9 years
Take a job in this place....for which you are essentially untrained for the important bits
Take a job where you need to teach 22 little people how to sit, stand, cut, draw, recognize letters etc etc etc...
......but it isn't stated anywhere that they don't actually speak a word of English....
.....and you are expected to teach them English but it isn't actually in your job description
....and you do have a wonderful local assistant but she refuses to speak to you in English so you essentially need to function in Arabic with her and English/Arabic with the kids
....and you have all the issues of parents but with the cultural component added and the distinct dynamic that bad reports from school and result in fairly severe punishment at home.
Yikes.
Learn to embrace realistic expecations by staring this impossible job in the face every day.....without ignoring your family at home.

This job is fodder for many many lessons and crazy stories!!!

Just an old photo of sweet Layla when she started school at the same place 

My class looks exactly like this except there are 22 kids and they are all locals (=