perfectionism

113/365 Perfectionist in the Making

I’ve noticed recently that Riley has a perfectionist streak. Which is highly disturbing. Either that or it’s a toddler thing. Hopefully it’s a toddler thing. The other day she started to panic every time she dropped the ball when we were playing catch. I dropped the ball a few times just to show her it [...]

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

I’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. filed in

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The Reach

I was watching Julie & Julia tonight. A rare treat to watch a movie, alone and undisturbed. Which makes me sound like a social recluse, which I’m not. But I do love to get completely lost, every now and again. To be completely immersed in something. It got me thinking about writing and the beginning. [...]

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Routines and the Inner Control Freak

This is our routine (ideally). Ideally is also code for NOT TEETHING, so I haven’t done this in a while. At this very moment there are dishes on the bench and a play area to clean up which I have absolutely no intention of doing tonight. Even though I know it would make everything easier [...]

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Death of a Perfectionist

I admit it – I am a reformed perfectionist. The first time I wrote a prologue I re-wrote it hundreds of times until it was ‘perfect’. That is not an exaggeration by the way, literally hundreds of times – on a manual typewriter no less! I had flirted with the idea of ditching my perfectionism [...]

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