Perfectionism?

Perfectionism “can look like striving for excellence for the sake of excellence.”

It can be setting high standards, working hard, caring deeply.

Noting those are positive attributes. It is a huge asset for many professions — say, for a pilot or brain surgeon — but it can tip over into unhealthy behavior.

A recent book addresses this problem.

Written by clinical psychologist Hendricks “How to Be Enough: Self-Acceptance for Self-Critics And Perfectionists.

“There is a saying for self-help book authors, which is, ‘Write the book you need.’

So I did write it for me. But as a clinical psychologist at an anxiety specialty center, I also wrote the book for everybody else like me.”

I guess the simplest advice is, Be careful of being too much of a perfectionist!

Demanding perfection of oneself continually can make you very unhappy. No one can meet that goal every time in every aspect of life without being on a roller coaster of depression/satisfaction/depression etc.

Do your best and let it go. That is very difficult for this type of person but possible. Often it is “good enough.” You have to be able to let it go and get on to your next goal. Otherwise you will never be satisfield with yourself and an unhappy person to live with or be around.

Choose to be happy and enrich the world with your contributions.