Working on my thesis research proposal has been quite the journey, and not always in the direction I would have chosen. A personal revelation that struck me during the process is the tight and rather vexing relationship between perfectionism, procrastination, and paralysis. It’s often said that the perfect is the enemy of the good. In my quest for the ‘just right’ words to articulate my thoughts, I found this saying to be glaringly accurate.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1170650

I wrote a small piece on dealing with perfection paralysis. It includes 7 tips to focus on the things to do.