Here is a classic pattern: you try really hard to do something GOOD, then you fail, or you make something silly. And it is the failures that people love, or the thing that was just a silly thing. So try to set yourself up to failure, to not doing the thing that is right, but the thing that just sort of happens when you are not trying.

How much more fun could writing be, if I didn't have to care about being right? Or even vaguely correct.

Because you’re scared of letting the world see you for who you truly are. Perfectionism is the shield you hide behind, but it’s vulnerability that permeates the hearts of people in your life. Its softness, not rigor, that lets you experience the gift that is being alive.

Let’s say you are perceived in all the ways you want. What is there to gain?

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