Good Enough

it's about progress, not perfection.

Perfectionism—

“It’s a 20 tonne shield we lug around, thinking it will protect us, when in fact it’s the thing that’s really preventing us from being seen.” - Brené Brown

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Good enough.

What the hell does that even mean?
What is “good enough” to someone who tries to be a perfectionist?
I don’t have haphazard passions— that is not my style!

Now and then, I have heard people say “good enough” while subsequently completing a task– sometimes clapping dirt off their hands. It was as if they were satisfied with a sense of accomplishment.

Winston Churchill once said:
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

Being a perfectionist was something I strived for often in my life. However, trying to be perfect so often wore me out mentally and spiritually.
Nowadays, I am no longer determined to be perfect. I discovered that it became inaccessible on a regular basis. I learned that progress over perfection helps create improved satisfaction more consistently.

It was characteristic of me to become over-zealous and absorbed on assignments I was passionate of— every so often working over with the finest toothed combs making sure not to miss a detail…
if such a thing was possible.

Achieving failure as a perfectionist often put me in a conundrum;
it was tough to admit I botched…

It was difficult gathering effort for the next project.

The problem was: I was afraid of failure. Maybe my perfect wasn’t good enough. Altering how I viewed progress empowered more accomplishments. Moreover, I was less afraid of facing failure. Nowadays, I find lessons to learn such as:

“What could have been better?”
or
“What went wrong?”
or
“What things were good?”

One way or another, the irony hit me. I started to notice that I respected “good enough”. It dawned on me—progress over perfection allowed more over-all advancement. I soon began accepting my short-comings as learning lessons.
I became stronger.

The highest hurdle each time was bearing in mind;

occasionally my perfect might not be enough.

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