Someone wondered in a meeting if you could be a perfectionist and procrastinate at the same time. The answer was a resounding yes.

Perfectionism can keep me from starting a project because I’m afraid it won’t turn out the absolute best possible. It can keep me working on something long after I should have just turned it in already. It can prompt me to tear up what I’ve done and start over, again and again and again.

Today I will keep an eye on my perfectionism. How is it making my job more difficult? I will ask my Higher Power to help me to see this as a defect and to be ready to practice a new behavior.