Ouch. Except for being couched in terms of "she", Section II was me, right through to the core.
Thank you, Anand!
Edit: Also at least two, soon possibly three (or all four?) points on the bullet list in Section IV.
Unlearning perfectionism
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#103Two things that have helped me are:
1- "Done is better than perfect" ... I read that phrase from an article posted in HN last year (I guess)
2- Incorporate the Agile mindset into my life for any kind of achievement. MVP oriented and always thinking "what can I done today with the amount of energy/resources I have for today/this week?"
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
I like the idea: do you have any examples of it in practice?
I often apply it from the beginning for creative projects. For example if I am writing a story, I will need to consider "what makes a good story". If I were to develop the benchmark for this by consulting a list of "top 10 ways to make a good story," or did my research by looking at best-sellers, then I would only be capable of writing cliches. It would be very hard to get off of the blank page without just copying a…
Thanks for sharing. That is a good strategy to try as I do often let things go either unbounded with no constraints or with too many constraints.