The Real Truth

Being Perfect Takes Time.
I would consider myself as a perfectionist. In my opinion, perfectionist would be a person who is far from the definition of perfect but then always looking for one. For me, I'd always set myself to be at the position that strives for perfection. Taking action to me has always been a challenge on its own due to my perfectionist nature. I do believe that some other great minds in other pages of this book also had struggled the same thing too. In the past, I might have spent too many times in doing certain things, trying to get them perfect. But I have learned that in order to even getting close to perfection, an imperfect step must be taken.

This first step soon will develop into other steps, inch by inch taking you to the exact thing that motivates you to even take the first step. I myself was a living witness to the significance of first step, no matter how imperfect it was. You just got to walk a foot next to the other. After wrapping up around the fact that we move forward from where we were, to get things done is another part of the story. My perfectionism kicks in hard here at this part and it is both fun and frightening.

The fun part was that I went through so much brainstorming process and grew with it. I set a pretty high bar for myself and my judgment on everything I work on. Not a single thing will be released for other's viewing if it doesn't pass the value control that based on my mind.
The not-so-fun part was how my time is wasted on just one task because I can't settle for anything less than nearing perfect. In my area, that means I will have to go over some products several times, bits by bits, just to shake the feeling that it is not enough. That causes me energy and gives enough stress. There's nothing effortless with being a perfectionist.