The Interior — SEL · Room 36 ·Book 3 · The Interior · Grades 6–8

The Interior Worksheets

Unit 2 · Lesson 3. Type it here, or print it and use a pen — both count.

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Drawn scene: an empty classroom window at dusk with a desk lamp, a notebook and a pencil, the city lights beyond
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Self-Compassion & The Internal Critic

Unit 2 · Lesson 3 · Worksheet · The Perfectionism Spectrum
Unit 2 · Lesson 3 · Worksheet

The Perfectionism Spectrum

Healthy striving and toxic perfectionism are not the same thing.

Healthy striving

I aim high, and I'm still okay when I fall short.

Toxic perfectionism

Anything less than perfect feels like proof I'm not enough.

Mark where you sit

Move each marker along the line. Two marks: one for school, one for a different area of your life. There is no right place to be.

Healthy strivingToxic perfectionism

In school I marked here because… In another area of life I marked here because…

For the family

Today students located themselves on the spectrum between healthy striving and toxic perfectionism. At home, you can ask: "Is there a place you hold yourself to a standard no one could actually meet?"

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