Get over the Unhealthy Aspects of my Perfectionism

C and I got two quite nice new posters for the flat. This might seem like such a little thing – but for the past few years I have usually ended up with none because I couldn’t find the perfect ones. That’s basically where my perfectionism becomes unhealthy – when I think nothing is better than something only half decent.

The biggest problem it causes is at uni. Because only perfection is good enough this makes every task insurmountable, and I usually end up avoiding them altogether! I’m hoping little steps like this, of being ok with 60%, 70% etc, will eventually mean I’m ok with aiming for that in uni too.

Well I’m going to at least avoid it unless there is some reason I absolutely have to go on it – this should help me to stop judging everything I do in comparison with everyone else. In fact …

Step 1 – no facebook for April!