Comments on: Blocked by Perfectionism

By: Too Lazy or Scared

Too Lazy or Scared — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:29:41 +0000

[...] you can think of. We might describe ourselves as mired in regret or self contempt or jealousy or perfectionism or full of doubt or whatever constitutes our personal version of that horrific stuck place. We [...]

By: Too Old to Create

Too Old to Create — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:32:31 +0000

[...] how holding the goal of doing it perfectly traps you, sets it up so you will never finish – so why bother starting since it will never be perfect? – this, too, is a matter of ego. We are so good at protecting [...]

By: Feeling Artistic Pain and Loss

Feeling Artistic Pain and Loss — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:42:34 +0000

[...] we balk at, sabotaged by our fear, our low self-worth, or simply our other agendas.” I’d put the self-inflicted horror of perfectionism here loud and clear, [...]

By: Risk Being Creative

Risk Being Creative — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:08:19 +0000

[...] wait until we are sure we can do it perfectly, because we have high standards and so does our audience, our critics, our readers, our viewers, us [...]