The perfect is the enemy of the good. This doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t strive to do our best, but rather that to always expect perfection is to aim for the impossible. Good is possible. When you aim for “good,” or even “really good” or ”great,” you can get the job done, and exceed your expectations. When you [...]
Archive for January, 2008
The Problem with Perfectionism
Posted in (resolutions, tagged (resolutions, perfectionism, procrastination on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My Resolution: I have a possible mantra
Posted in (resolutions, tagged (resolutions, fronting, Hip-Hop, mantra, stop fronting on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
New Year’s resolutions: Do you have one? Mine is to start doing. Not to just think about doing stuff, but to actually do it. I think that this relates to most resolutions, and I’m hoping that I can find some support from my fellow resolution-makers. I’ve been looking for a mantra, and I have a [...]
Any Mantra Suggestions? (for my new year’s resolution)
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In an effort to nurture the more creative, active parts of myself, which are all too often crushed by the unrealistic expectations of perfectionism, I have designated this my Year of Doing. And I’m looking for a mantra to help encourage myself. Any suggestions?
The “Year of Doing” title is obviously inspired by hackneyed advice phrases like [...]
Book Reviews – Feast of Love
Posted in reading, writing, tagged Ann Arbor, book reviews, Charles Baxter, fiction, love, writing, writing fiction on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Feast of Love, by Charles Baxter
This book nearly sat on my shelf unread, amongst the other paperbacks that my mother recommends. She drops them off in stacks, and I usually ignore them for awhile and then return them during a rare borrowed-book purge. (Note to friends: My apartment is a paperback black hole. Do [...]
How To Make a Living Writing, Part Two « Suddenly Christian
Posted in writing, tagged writing on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An informative post, for my fellow writers.
How To Make a Living Writing, Part Two « Suddenly Christian
First Writing Project of the New Year
Posted in (resolutions, tagged cat, Writer's Digest, writing, writing contest on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I always intend to enter those itty-bitty Writer’s Digest contests. I read the prompt, I consider ideas, maybe I even jot those ideas down. Do I flesh out and submit these ideas? I think we all know the answer to this question.
Today, however, I have what I think is a promising entry that I hope [...]
My Resolution:
Posted in (resolutions, tagged (resolutions, writing on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hereby pledge, and solemnly swear, per my 2008 New Year’s Resolution, to write more. I will enter contests. I will type up my pages of scribbled notes. Perhaps there will be index cards involved.
Beautiful Things
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged (resolutions, beauty), creativity, perfectionism on January 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The perfect is the enemy of the good. Do you suffer from untreated Perfectionism? Symptoms include procrastination, unfinished projects, and a damaged creative impulse. Ask yourself about a new treatment: GoodEnough-itrol. GoodEnough-itrol is a new, mantra-based solution that helps you stop crushing your efforts under the weight of your expectations. Side effects may include lame lyrics, poor poetry, [...]
