That’s what the soap is for. I guess that just rinsing in warm would be better than just rinsing in cold, but neither is particularly effective.

From the CDC: “Is it better to use warm water or cold water? Use your preferred water temperature – cold or warm – to wash your hands. Warm and cold water remove the same number of germs from your hands. The water helps create soap lather that removes germs from your skin when you wash your hands. Water itself does not usually kill germs; to kill germs, water would need to be hot enough to scald your hands.”

https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/faqs.html#:~:text=Is%20it%20better%20to%20use,when%20you%20wash%20your%20hands.

Other posts are addressing your main question, but I want to take a sec to correct your conclusion about germs.

The germs are not being dissolved in hot water. Bacteria will not break apart in any water that would be safe to touch. The soap helps to break down fats and oils on your skin so they can be rinsed off easier, and the scrubbing action of your hands does the work of actually getting things off. You can just as safely wash with cold water, but most people find warm to slightly hot water more comfortable.

I mean…point me to a motivational phrase that isn’t a little trite. If a sappy message help you to let go of the anxiety and exhaustion of always trying to deliver 100% perfection in all aspects of your life every day, then this post is for you. If it makes you roll your eyes because you already feel like you are balancing your work, social, household, etc., expectations on your own, then roll your eyes and move on.

In some very specific scenarios, yes. There is no one blanket statement to cover all possible situations. So if you are trying to design a system to prevent nuclear meltdown, sure. Do it perfectly or have someone else do it perfectly. But for the vast majority of life events? Done is better than perfect. Too tired after work to cook a balanced, healthy, delicious meal? Eat something rather than go without. Didn’t make it out for a 40-minute run? Walk for 15 instead of laying on the couch. A client wants a mock-up of a deliverable but your deadline is too short? Show them why you have and describe the rest. That might not work every time, but it’s better than delivering nothing because it wasn’t 100%.

Panel 2 “Everybody’s best is different” also applies to that fact that some days, your best is different. If on Tuesday, all you can muster is 60% of what you gave on Monday, that was Tuesday’s best. And that’s just fine! Like you said, done is better than perfect.