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Writing doesn’t have to be perfect
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Summarized by durumis AI
- Perfectionism makes it difficult to start and ultimately leads to stagnation.
- It emphasizes that you can grow through the process of starting and making efforts, even if it is not perfect, and advises you to enjoy the process without fearing the initial clumsiness.
- Perfectionism is pointed out that it can hinder growth, even though it is packaged with diligence and brings self-satisfaction.
Everyone has the desire to be perfect, whether it's in drawing or writing. It wouldn't hurt if our work looks great to others. But the desire to be perfect ultimately makes it difficult to even start. Even if we do start, we keep seeing things we want to fix, which makes us go in circles.
Supremacy (1887)_Frederick Stuart Church (American, 1842-1924)
Everyone is clumsy at the beginning and at the start. If we acknowledge that, we can grow step by step with the desire to get it done rather than the desire to be perfect. And who knows, maybe my work, which looks like a cat to me, will look like a lion when it's thrown into the world.
▶ Question: What if I don't have to be perfect?
Answer: I will be much better than I am now.
▶ We imagine ourselves participating in our first acting class, writing a clumsy first short story, or drawing a terrible picture, and think, "I'm going to look like an idiot." This is because we judge our first steps by the yardstick of the masterpieces of the greats.
-Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way, Gyongdang
▷ Dreaming of a perfect state makes us feel like we are working hard and living well. We were worried, self-reproaching, and regretful, but we are satisfied that we lived honestly. That's why people who value feelings and emotions often fall into perfectionism.
-Hong-gyun Yun, Mind Endurance, 21st Century
