This take is revealing.
Because all of us struggle, in one way or the other, with this issue of perfectionism.
You are your own worst critic.
- Writing
- Blogging
- Painting
- Parenting
Why is the worst all you can ever see?
Let the market be the judge.
And quit looking at your feet.
I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won’t have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren’t even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they’re doing it.
Lamott continues:
Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist’s true friend.
–Anne Lamott, Bird By Bird
