It’s a new mantra of mine: “Make Shitty things.” Why? Well:
- I want to make things
- In not specifying the state of the things, my brain naturally imposes “good” onto them
- My brain subconsciously translates “good” to “perfect”
- I get anxious while striving for perfect, and I don’t make things
As a solution to this, I’ve committed myself to making shitty things (in this case, blog posts), every day. I’m hoping they won’t be that way forever, but you have to start somewhere.
One of my favorite stories to illustrate this point (I’ll share the video where it comes from soon)-
A woman, when asked the question “What do you want to do but just can’t seem to follow through on right now?” responded with, “Run three times per week.” The questioner replied, “Why don’t you only try to run once per week?”. Her answer— “What’s the point of that?”
A question to ask yourself: What aren’t you doing because you’re afraid it “won’t be good enough” or some other “all-in” excuse? How can you get around it and just start?
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I love this! Perfection is an over-rated, largely unattainable pseudo-myth we use to paralyze ourselves. I think you should eradicate it all together. The joy of the oft messy real experience is so much richer than the dream of perfection. Please do go forth and make shitty things, lots of them, offer what you have from where you are…with out this type of thinking we wouldn’t have electricity or flight 🙂
Thanks Beth =). I like that quote- “The joy of the oft messy real experience is so much richer than the dream of perfection.” I will certainly continue to make shitty things.