Catch The Perfectionist Habits Early
If you struggle with perfectionist tendencies, once you get started on a project, you’ll need to have a plan for how to stop yourself from investing too much time in individual parts of the work.
As you focus on the production, get the work to an acceptable level in each area with the understanding that you can come back and refine it if you have more time before the deadline. This leads to an overall better outcome than fixating on making a particular part of a project perfect and then having to rush through the rest.
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Whenever I have a problem I just sing, then I realize my voice is worse than my problem
Good enough is good enough.
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