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Hey. Welcome to Day 13.
Let’s talk about the one thing that cripples more dreams than failure ever could: perfectionism.
Imagine someone stays in a factory for decades. They’re trying to create the “perfect” product. They exhaust all their resources, time, and energy chasing a reality that never existed.
What happens?
Their market outgrows them. The world moves on. And the worst part? They never even release their product.
You might be doing this with your life. You are sabotaging your own progress by waiting for everything to be “just right.”
Let’s use our seven domains to see how this poison shows up:
- Spiritually: Are you denying yourself access to a higher power because you’re not “pure” or “righteous” enough? Hello? The whole thing is built on welcoming sinners. You are the perfect candidate. Go in there.
- Mentally: Are you waiting for your mind to be in the perfect, peaceful state before you start that project, apply for that school, or make that move? I’ve got news for you: it might never be in the right place. So get moving. How about some chaotic progress instead of perfect stillness?
- Physically: Do you think you’re not perfect enough to have friends, to date, or to try a new sport? Are you so insecure that you hide? Or worse—do you mistreat your body, chasing a Photoshopped ideal and opening yourself up to a world of hazards?
- Character: Are you waiting to become some perfect being who is always correct, always confident, and never scared? The only people who have that are probably on something. Could you please just get started? The fear will leave as you go.
- Value/Work Life: Are you waiting to be the perfect expert before you present your work to the world? Literally everyone has a baby phase in everything they do. Stop trying to be a perfect adult when you’re barely a toddler in your craft. And I guarantee you’ll mess up even in the adult stage. Failure is feedback; it communicates what you need to change, not proof that you should quit because you’re imperfect.
- Financially: Are you waiting to have a specific number in your bank account before you allow yourself to live or feel joy? You need to learn how to start living within your chaotic financial situation as a content individual while you work on fixing it. Because things will never be perfect. There will always be something to fix.
- Socially: Are you waiting to be perfect before you stop isolating yourself? The truth is, no one has it figured out. Everyone is winging it. You will realize that perfection is a complete illusion.
Stop putting your life on standby while you await a perfection that will never come. The goal isn’t to be perfect. The goal is to be done. To be in the game. To have released the product.
Start living. Now.