PERFECTIONISM OR PROCRASTINATION?
… Is anyone else guilty of this?
In the words of Strangest Loop…
“Preparing to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Scheduling time to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Making a to-do list for the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Telling people you’re going to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Hating on yourself for not doing the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Hating on other people who have done the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Hating on the obstacles in the way of doing the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Fantasising about all of the adoration you’ll receive once you do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Reading about how to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Reading about how other people did the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Reading this essay isn’t doing the thing.
The only thing that is doing the thing is doing the thing.”
… This hit home so hard for me as someone who has recently discovered that I am not in fact a perfectionist, but what I actually am (in many areas of my life) is a little bit of a procrastinator.
It’s time to abandon these impossible expectations.
Stop letting ‘things’ get in the way of starting.
There is no need for perfection, but there is a need for action.
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