934: The truth about tiny flaws
Today I’m sharing a truth about perfectionism, inspired by a recent discovery!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Friday to you. So I've been thinking a lot about perfectionism lately, especially as I am seriously getting in my own way. And I noticed something this week that was just Such a good reminder to me, and I wanted to share it with all of you. So to help me sleep, I listened to white noise. And I must have listened to the same track Literally thousands and thousands of times over the last couple of years. I've got a specific track I listen to on repeat. It's the sound of an oscillating fan. And I swear, it also fools my brain into thinking the fan's on because it helps me feel cooler, But that is another rabbit hole in and of itself.
So the track must run at about 4 minutes. And the other night, I suddenly realized that it's probably the same 32nd clip on repeat. And if you listen, you can hear where it stops and when it starts. And as I was led there, noticing it, it really got me thinking. And mainly about the fact that whenever we do creative work or whenever we do work of any kind, all we can tend to see are the flaws. The things that might not even register as errors to people even when we point them out tend to feel hugely obvious to us and can become the only thing that we can see. And we can see it because we're so close to it. Chances are we're also emotionally invested.
We also probably care what other people think, or we care how it'll be received, And we wanna do our best. But chances are people aren't even noticing what you think are huge glaring flaws. It took me literally over 2 years of listening to the same track every single night to realize that there is an editing flaw. So let this be a reminder to you that when your perfectionism is really kicking in And you are focusing on the minute details, maybe they don't really matter. Maybe it would take somebody 2 years to figure out that tiny thing. And chances are, they wouldn't even give a fuck. I know for me, when I've been led in bed, can't sleep, And listen to it, I have not been trying to find the flaws or try and find the faults with it. I've just been led there frustrated that I can't get to sleep of trying to figure out how I'm gonna get back to sleep.
So let that be a lesson to all of us. Here's to remembering what I know we already intellectually know, That perfection doesn't exist in the 1st place. And remembering that tiny things that we do wrong, flaws or imperfections, They don't ruin anything. Chances are, most of the time, people don't even notice. See you on Monday.
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