... by designating A, B, C, and F Tasks.

• A tasks: These are what you’ll give most of your time and energy to. Work on these during the time of day when you have the most energy and focus. 
• B tasks: Leave these tasks for lower energy times of day or batch them toge...

 ... into manageable tasks. 

This way, you're armed with a set of concrete actions to take rather a vague cloud of high expectations.

Assign your tasks a time limit to force yourself to not get lost in perfecting each and every detail. 

Often, perfectionists bite off more than we can chew — one consequence of not prioritizing.

... rather than outcome goals.

We often become so focused on the end result of a project that we don’t appreciate and enjoy (or ever really get started on) the process.

The satisfaction of small wins keeps us intrinsically motivated.

To-do lists can help perfectionists move past our paralysis. They may find making a list to be a reassuring guide to their day.

But there's also a risk: to-do lists can backfire if they become yet another report card we perfectionists use to evaluate ourselves too harshly.