the perfectionist's manifesto

stage 1: try to defeat perfectionism thru sheer force of will

stage 2: try to heal perfectionism by doing a bunch of therapeutic inner child shit (also psychedelics)

stage 3: fully accept perfectionism, relate to it healthily, and watch it become a source of unimaginable power

Perfectionism has nothing to do with getting it right. It has nothing to do with fixing things. It has nothing to do with standards. Perfectionism is a refusal to let yourself move ahead. It is a loop—an obsessive, debilitating closed system that causes you to get stuck in the details of what you are writing or painting or making and to lose sight

Imperfection doesn’t matter.

“The times are urgent. Let us slow down.” —Bayo Akomolafe