Taming Perfectionism

[rhythmaning]

andrewduckerlinked to this blog posting about taming perfectionism.

I think there may be others on my f-list who find it interesting.

Comments

[frumiousb.livejournal.com]

I attended an all-women's university. On my first day, the President of the college asked all the freshman who among us was a perfectionist. Many hands, including mine, went up. She went on to tell us, dryly, that this would be beaten out of us or we would be driven away. Her opinion was that it was more important to learn to prioritize than to be a perfectionist. It was a difficult lesson, but one well-learned.

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

"this would be beaten out of us or we would be driven away" - that seems a little extreme!

[frumiousb.livejournal.com]

Well, this was the US. And she was trying to make a serious point about the perils of perfectionism. Also a bit the idea back then still that to be considered half as good, a woman had to be twice as good. They were rather exaggeratedly tough, at times.

[psychochicken.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of wabi-sabi. It's actually something I really like in my paintings - I think of it as the beauty of decay and organic imperfection, but it's better defined and described there. I might even investigate the book.