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I'm a perfectionist with a fear of failure. To my mind, if I never start something, I haven't failed. Similarly, if I stop a project partway through, then I haven't yet failed to achieve perfection. But if I get to a point of completion in a project and it's not perfect, then I must keep going until it is absolutely perfect, or I have failed. Obviously, this is not an ideal worldview. It causes stress, leads me to procrastinate, and means that keeping up my motivation for a project is difficult. The end result is that I'm lazy, depressed, and possibly going nowhere in life. However, I haven't completely given up the fight. While I'm inconsistent about employing them, I know several ways to help myself keep putting one foot in front of the other.
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I also enjoy creating my own stories. However, it is here that we come across a dilemma. I entertain too much self-doubt, and I lack a writer's discipline. Many fantastic stories swirl vaguely through my mind, but each time I try to pluck one and put it to paper, it dissolves into fragments. Sooner or later, I become discouraged and stop trying to fit the fragments back together. My stories are never finished, if they're ever even started. I'm told to keep plowing on and to practice. But without a whole story to tell, my motivation always withers away. The answer to this dilemma? I'm honestly not sure. But I have some ideas, and that's what this blog is all about. |
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