I’ve been really, really hard on myself for as long as I can remember. In elementary school, I cried when I got a single word wrong on a spelling test, ruining my perfect streak of perfect scores. I played baseball and softball growing up – probably the worst sports an extremely self-critical person can play. When something didn’t go my way on the field, I couldn’t get it out of my head. I cried in sixth grade again over a math test gone awry. I got a B. For better or for wor