Random Musings Than Used to Be a Blog Comment
Tuesday, 10 December 2013 16:50![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lea_hazelI'm familiar with this divide. For me, the key to fighting perfectionism was the idea that the work can never be finished. This doesn't make sense for a goal like weight loss. For me, though, it's comparatively easy to agree with the statement that I can always improve as a writer. If there is no "finished" state, then any improvement is a source of pride. I don't have to wait for 100% completion to feel proud. Kind of a more literal twist on "life is the journey, not the destination."
For a long time I was baffled by why I always felt impatient anticipation for something before it happened, and then a hollow kind of regret once it was gone. This was the source of that problem. If I can derive satisfaction from my process, and not just the so-called end result, then I can lose that feeling that everything is either yet to happen or already gone. This allows me to live in the present.
For a long time I was baffled by why I always felt impatient anticipation for something before it happened, and then a hollow kind of regret once it was gone. This was the source of that problem. If I can derive satisfaction from my process, and not just the so-called end result, then I can lose that feeling that everything is either yet to happen or already gone. This allows me to live in the present.
