what even is perfectionism??
boy, this single word sure does mean a lot of things to a lot of people, huh?
what even is perfectionism??
my impression of the individuation process is that we all know, at some level, what we need to do... we sense the truths we need to face & the actions we need to take
but it’s a lot of work & suffering and so we spend years trying to negotiate our way out of it. “must I really do this? must I?”
“surely there’s a hack and a shortcut... surely there’s... See more
but it’s a lot of work & suffering and so we spend years trying to negotiate our way out of it. “must I really do this? must I?”
“surely there’s a hack and a shortcut... surely there’s... See more
x.com • Geneia@home @home
“Boundary lines, of any type, are never found in the real world itself, but only in the imagination of the mapmakers.”
Ken Wilber
is your perfectionism coming from fear or from love?
love-based perfectionism sounds like:
- "I want to make this better"
- "I can see how beautiful this could be"
- "it'd be even more fun if I could do it this way"
fear-based perfectionism sounds like:
- "I need to make this better"
- "I'm scared to put bad work into the world"
- "I'd finally feel relief... See more
love-based perfectionism sounds like:
- "I want to make this better"
- "I can see how beautiful this could be"
- "it'd be even more fun if I could do it this way"
fear-based perfectionism sounds like:
- "I need to make this better"
- "I'm scared to put bad work into the world"
- "I'd finally feel relief... See more
scott 🌞 • Tweet
When you chase perfection, when you make perfection the ultimate goal, do you know what you’re doing? You’re chasing something that doesn’t exist. You’re making everyone around you miserable.
You’re making yourself miserable. Perfection? There’s about five times a year you wake up perfect, when you can’t lose to anybody, but it’s not those five
... See moreAndre Agassi • Open: An Autobiography
If there is such a thing as human perfection, it seems to emerge precisely from how we handle the imperfection that is everywhere, especially our own. – Richard Rohr
“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
-John Steinbeck
Wanting to be enough for someone else is self-abandonment.