Guest Post @ Write to Done: 5 Battle Strategies for Winning the War on Perfectionism

by Zoey @ Good Googs on April 7, 2010

AWOLI’m guest posting today over at Write to Done. Head over there to check out my post on how perfectionism is not your friend, or even your frenemy – it’s an albatross around your neck.

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  • Charity Mahurin

    Zoey… thank you so much for this article…I have been struggling with perfectionism for all of my life. It has handicapped me in so many ways. I can’t stand for something to leave my office, computer, etc. without being totally perfect, spell checked, etc. Although it is beautiful and something I can be proud of when it leaves my hands… no one else gives a crap AND customers are typically somewhat miffed cause I have sent it out in the nick of time or whaaay too late. I have only realized lately… like my husband talked to me about it this morning after I did not get something out yesterday… that perfectionism really is a problem.

    I can so identify with several things you said in this article and realize now why I do them. I will also add that I procrastinate BADLY because I know that I will work on it forever if I start working on it early. So I put things off till I can barely get them done… hoping everything goes 100% perfect and drivng myself nuts in the process.

    Keep up the good work… I have been following you on twitter for some time now.

    • http://goodgoog.com Zoey @ Good Goog

      Hi Charity!

      It’s always great to hear from a fellow perfectionist ;o) You could always start with something non-work related to practice your reformed perfectionism on. Like not doing a very thorough job of vacuuming. Whatever you do, trust me you can turn it around. If I can, anyone can.

  • http://repletelife.blogspot.com/ Sue Boggs

    Zoey,

    Great post and timely for me. I do well as a recovering perfectionist, but I just moved into a “new” house–built in 1949, with lots of nicks and dings, but I love it. Still a new house is an emotional minefield at times. Your post reminded me about keeping perspective. Gave you a shout-out on my blog:

    http://repletelife.blogspot.com/2010/04/perfect-really-is-enemy-of-good.html
    .-= Sue Boggs´s last blog ..The Perfect Really is the Enemy of the Good =-.

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