Monday, July 21, 2014

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good

That's a quote from Voltaire, I came across it today. Think about it.

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Don't let the pursuit of perfection get in the way of accomplishing something.

Such wise words. I think I'm going to make this my new mantra - I am a Type A+++ perfectionist and perfectionism is one of the major contributors to my procrastination problem.

Although I used to be worse, I swear! I tell ya, among the other things grad skool taught me, I learned that a dissertation is never perfect. My motto in the last year of my program was "The best thesis is a finished thesis." My dissertation was not a perfect masterpiece, but it was good enough that you have to call me doc.

Ha.

So I have some experience in letting go of perfectionism but I have more work to do. I can't be perfect all the time. It makes much more sense to choose a few things that truly matter to me and spend my energy on them. For the rest, the goal is "good enough."

Of course, this blog falls into the far from perfect category. The new me will probably publish more blog posts. But owing to my lower standards, they might suck. Oh well - you can't have everything.

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