You know I did just the opposite. For years I had wanted to start a blog. I had no idea if anyone was going to read it. But I had things to say and one day I figured what the hay? So I also had never made a wordpress site before either. I just put down my thoughts on the site and hit the publish button while I closed my eyes. And then I got out a pen and paper and made a list of other topics to write about. I can't say that I've written regularly, but it is still something I do. I don't know that all the people that clicked to follow me are still followers, but I hope they are. If you want to take a look, it's takingaleapoffaithblogsite@wordpress.com. I plan on really taking it places this summer and really getting more involved with it. Maybe finding a way to monetize it, but perfection was never my goal. I just wanted get my words out there. I felt like I had something to say and that people might like to hear it. I've always had a passion for writing. So don't be so worried about perfection. Even when I've had assignments, I may do research, think about what I want to say, let it percolate a little bit, but generally I just write and rarely do any real re-writing. But that's just me.

Trust your Self... if you can hear yourself talking, it's not you. YOU are already perfect. (That's what I was told at least). Successful people trust their instincts and don't sacrifice a book for a comma they missed - for example! Even here in the site, I pick up errors here and there, but not a big deal - the content is more important. The part about paying attention to your husband, well, I wouldn't put that one aside for too long. ;-)

hey, I was thinking about writing a blog on the same topic, I too am a perfectionist who struggle with this issue, and have been working my way to pushing pass this as I've found it can be a total hindrance at times, even in my field of work, I'm very good at it but it tends to slow me down.

my advice would practice doing small things you wouldn't normally do to get into the practice, like now as I am writing I purposely didn't capitalize the first words in these paragraphs, it's bugging me a bit but I'm telling myself this is a prime example of my problem, but it's staying, baby steps.

all the best to you erashallbe

ty

Thank you for your post! It's just in time as I've been working on pushing past this perfectionism rut too. Two things that have been helping me to move along are: 1. Visualizing life in 3-6 months knowing that the success from working on learning or posting something, even if little by little, needs to get done to get there; also, success doesn't always look pretty or smooth. 2. Kyle's training about spending time getting content out matters more than how it looks

If there is one thing that will stop you succeeding its perfectionism
Perfectionism is not really about doing things well its about having a belief that you do not deserve to succeed unless your perfect and no one is perfect so you will never be satisfied with anything that you do



Barry

I would say push your natural tendencies to the side in order to get the content moving along. You can always edit things down the road if you need to.

Go for quality and the staying power that goes with it. To the slow comes a lasting prize- (jSmart's Law). :)

Push the natural tendencies Sarah. Don't aim for perfection because it will only get in your way. This comes from years of stepping on the same rake :P