They say perfectionists set unrealistic goals. I feel like by setting them too high, i condemn myself to failure and unhappiness.

I know that our goals should be self-improvement, not self-perfection. But how does one stop being a perfectionist?
What can someone say to theirselves to remind that trying to be or do perfect is not releastic?
*realistic

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