A child doesn't come out of the womb being hard on itself. That is learnt!!!

To my fellow "I am hard on myself" folks. You know that thing that sometimes we even think might be a virtue because it means we try harder, we are perfectionist and so on and so forth. You didn't come out of the womb holding yourself to incredibly high standards. Someone did that to you. That voice that tells you you need to try harder might not be yours at all but that person's instead. Please, keep this in mind.