I finished yesterday’s post thinking it still needed more editing… that it wasn’t done… that I could’ve done better.
But, the deadline hit and I ran out of energy.
So I published it anyway.
…Which, by the way, is like the sitcom of my life as it pertains to this blog.
As a perfectionist… it never feels done… I always feel like it could be better… I’ve been doing this daily for nearly 5 years and I *still* hesitate as my mouse hovers over that “Publish” button.
…But you know what gets me to publish anyway—even when I have energy and I’m not worried about the deadline…?
Two things:
1) The enemy of done is perfect; “Good enough” is done’s best friend. And done is what this daily blog requires… for no reason other than it’s what I’ve promised to myself and, by consequence, what I’ve promised to those who have subscribed to this journey.
2) Typos aren’t the end of me… As Catherine Toops pointed out once on X, “…your typos are just a trail of inspiration for writers who want to believe they can do what you’ve done.”
And it’s those two thoughts that give the perfectionist side of me the comfort it needs to be vulnerable… to publish something that’s possibly flawed… that exposes me in some way… that opens me up to critique and possible ridicule.
…But also all of the other incredible things that come with publishing daily for nearly five years that absolutely wouldn’t be possible with perfectionism as a pre-requisite.
P.s. ICYMI, you can read the best of what I posted to MoveMe Quotes last week here.