l e b o r P with m The Perfect How perfectionism affects your life and health-and what you can do to prevent it from sabotaging your goals and happiness BY ALLISON THOMAS M y mom is the stereotypical perfectionist. Even at 73, everything must still be just so, from her impeccable attire (the woman irons her jeans) to her immaculate home and balance checkbook. The rest of our family? Not so much. In fact, we've always joked about her perfectionist tendencies and penchant for creased denim. 28 SP RIN G 2 0 1 8 PHOTOS BY GETTY IMAGES well-tended garden-right down to her never-out-of-