What Is Perfectionism? A Good Enough Blog Post That Almost Never Was

As I sat, staring at the wretched, pulsating cursor ….my blood pressure began to rise and I could feel the familiar pit of shame in my stomach. It had been awhile since I had written for a public audience, and my old friend perfectionism came creeping in (she loves to show up when I approach something new). Perfectionism’s greatest hits began to play in my mind, “You must strike the absolute right tone of relatable, compassionate, witty, and educational while using jargon-free but still smart-sounding language…. Otherwise everyone will think you’re incompetent.”