Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. ~Harriet Braiker

Then I found this one,

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. ~Hannah Arendt

and this one,

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough – that we should try again. ~Julia Cameron

and,

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor. ~Anne Lamott

This is me. I am paralyzed by perfectionism…and it does feel oppressive. It seriously hangs like a dark cloud in my life. (And as an example, I just spent way too long looking for a “dark cloud” image, but of course, couldn’t find the perfect one.)

My brain is FULL of things I’m going to do — great ideas and exciting dreams. The problem is that they stay in my brain. They also stay in my journal(s) where I start them and then scrap them because I criticize myself right out of them (“Oh, it probably wouldn’t work anyway. It’s a dumb idea.”).

I hate it. I’m on a quest for freedom.

Got any advice for me?

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