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by bluefirebrand
1567 days ago
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I suppose it depends on which part of perfectionism is hurting you. I struggle with starting. I think I can't accomplish the perfect result I envision so I find myself paralyzed and unable to begin. To help with that I remind myself of the Pareto principle. If I can accept that I may get MOST of the way to my goal on the smaller portion of my effort, I can usually get started. The next struggle is finishing things, running into barriers and deciding to start over instead of overcoming them, or moving on to a different project. I don't currently have strategies for that unfortunately. It's hard to break these mindsets and habits. |
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I think you're on a similar note to my thought on this thread. As I've gotten older it's been less about perfectionism as a platonic truth, and more as "the greatest I can be" knowing that it won't be perfect.
That causes other problems, but does including trouble starting and finishing.
So my most recent method is "just read the book." And if I get stuck, to keep reading the book. It's when I put the book down or get stuck the book doesn't get finished. But at least if I finish a book I can always go back, and then I have one more thing accomplished even if it's not 100% and it's better than 10%.
I think "just do the thing" is the best advice I've ever gotten.