Perfection Equals Paralysis
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This is a truth I know, however I have not mastered yet.
I’m not sure if I am a perfectionist.
I do like order and feel best when everything is in its place.
I do like my clothes to be arranged in colour, and then in shades of those colours.
Does this make me a perfectionist?
I don’t think so.
As I look around my living room now, the floor could do with a hoover, and I just finished dinner, but grabbed my laptop to write before doing the dishes.
And I have committed to sleeping on time.
It’s 10 to 9, so it looks like the dishes will stay overnight.
As an artist, perfection can actually be good if the pursuit is on the high-end luxury side.
Whilst in other instances, it’s better to just let the creative juices flow and see what comes out of it.
I must admit that, in too many instances to my liking, I wait or just need a bit more of this,
Or of that,
Before I can pull the trigger.
It is a strange feeling, as plenty of times I’ve had the opposite.
Just go for it.
See what comes out of it.
And usually, it went well.
So why do I still sometimes reflect.
Wait.
Overthink.
Overanalyse.
Ponder.
Procrastinate.
And unfortunately, sometimes don’t pull the trigger at all.
Opportunity lost.
Again.
No more.
I have decided to live consciously.
In the now.
Without fear of failure.
Or at least recognising that the feeling of fear is part of growth.
One thing I do recall from my previous content binges was a creator mentioning that they also still feel fear.
But their saying was that they would put the fear in the passenger seat and take it for a ride.
I have made the decision to do this now — enough is enough.
This is what I am doing now.
Every single time I feel fear.
Stage fright.
Butterflies.
Or whatever else it may be.
I pull the trigger.
Me and my fear, we go on the journey together.
We go forward.
We move ahead.
Full speed.
And whatever comes our way, we will deal with.
Learn from.
Grow through.
Thank you for your valuable time.
Written by: One