$50 mistakes are okay.
We all make mistakes, generally due to not paying enough attention to something. And we all should strive to learn from our mistakes, but don’t let making a mistake consume you, and don’t try to be perfect, it’s way too much work.
My wife and I have a philosophy that $50 mistakes are okay, the things we try very hard to avoid are the mistakes that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. If your spouse makes a few of those annoying $50 mistakes it’s best to just let them go, even at one of those a month it’s only $600 for the year, just let it go.
This is not to say you shouldn’t make an effort to avoid doing stupid things, the less wasted dollars, time and effort due to mistakes the better, but mistakes are going to happen, it’s part of life, just try to keep them to a minimum and don’t beat yourself up when they happen. Unless the number of them get out of control, it’s probably not even worth worrying too much about how to avoid them in the future, just chalk it up to “cosmic rays” or “shit happens”. But those $3,000 mistakes, those you really want to try to avoid, those can add up fast.
Don’t worry about popping a bicycle tire. Do worry about driving the car into the garage with bicycles still on the roof rack, repairing both the bikes and the garage door can get expensive.
Don’t worry about breaking your wrist watch. Do worry about breaking your car.
Don’t worry about Staining the new blouse. Do worry about staining that new Couch.
The small stuff will add up, but one time small stuff is just not worth beating yourself up about, save your energy and effort for those things that will make a difference.