Perfectionism Self-Sabotage

This is always a struggle for me. Writing. My fear of coming across dull, unimaginative, long-winded and potentially even dumb.

I know deep down that as a person I'm none of those things. I know what I really am, is an individual who cares about the impression I leave of myself with others.

Unfortunately, from what I've been learning, you can care too much!

Have you ever heard the saying, "all things in moderation"?

Think about drug or alcohol addiction. Addicts are, by definition, people who use drugs and/or alcohol TOO MUCH! Moderation doesn't exist in the addicted mind. Addicts are seeking that perfect (yet always illusive) high. And in doing so, they're self-sabotaging.

There is no such thing as a perfect high for an addict because there will always, ALWAYS, be a very present low to follow. The lows negate any chance of achieving the "perfect high" since you can't have one without the other. Perfection isn't possible.

This is why, as I see it, someone who cares too much, is, in some ways, similar to an addict.

If we care too much about perfection in our work, our writing, etc., that it stifles our progress, leading to the inevitable low that comes with realizing you're not getting done what needs to be done, we're Self-Sabotaging.

Perfection isn't possible. Especially for addicts but also for those who care TOO MUCH.

So from this moment on, my intention is to write my copy as a flawed human being who cares a lot about what my readers think but not so much that I fail to publish what I think.

To your success. And mine. :-)

Ellen