Self perception vs reality can be a very powerful tool and also a very humbling experience to put yourself through. But like a lot of things in life it is necessary for each of us to go through this exercise once and a while. Recently I did just this. It requires real true honesty with yourself. If you can truly be honest in your assessment of your self perception vs reality you will find that they are very different in some areas most of the time. We perceive that we just have enough time in each day to get all the things that we have on our plates done. Sometimes this is true, but in reality that is only true sometimes. Most of the time we have more then enough time. What usually we find ways to waste time or come up with excuses or procrastinate. We will cherry pick the things we like to do and put off the mundane or difficult needs. Yes life does sometimes get in the way and some days we just don't have our "A Game" going on. These are the days that we need to dig deeper and get the most out of ourselves. It is this kind of day and effort that reinforces and strengthens the foundation of the reality we want to perform on a daily basis. We all need to work hard at creating an honest reality. Stop the excuses, the procrastinating and build on each days accomplishments. Learn to be self aware and honest with yourself and check ion on your self perception vs reality every so often. If you are truly being honest with yourself you will know when it's time to check in.