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- Not wabi-sabi specifically but the book "How to be an imperfectionist" was spot on and really helpful for me
- I personally found the book How to be an Imperfectionist helpful. I don't remember many specifics, but it did help me feel different and I worried less about looking silly, or fumbling my words, etc. I've read many self-help books, but this is the only one that made an effortless and lasting change to who I am.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25692561-how-to-be-an-im...
- How to Be an Imperfectionist: The New Way to Self-Acceptance, Fearless Living, and Freedom from Perfectionism
I've listened to dozens of self help type books, and this one had an immediate and permanent effect on me. It changed my life. I don't think it will do the same for everyone, but it did for me. I think most time spent listening to these self help type books goes to waste, but there is the occasional book or insight that resonates with a person and makes it all worth it. This was one of those book for me.
- If you want more information than can be given by a comment from a friendly stranger, I’d suggest reading “How to Be an Imperfectionist” by Stephen Guise. Although I’d assume that most of the advice in this book is obvious to most people, for a “perfectionist” like me, it helped me to unravel my illogical views of success and personal expectations that I had built over the course of my life.
- Hey HN.
Before you go ‘not another to-do list’; I wrote this for myself much earlier in the year, after using the “only set yourself 5 things to do every day” hack on paper for a few weeks, and it works quite well.
I put it on its own domain shortly after so I could access it when out and about. I had some vague plan to ‘market’ it at some point, but other stuff took priority.
Early this week I was talking to a friend about this article: https://taylorpearson.me/fast/ - basically, at 70% you should just launch something. It coincided with a great book I’ve been reading (‘How to Be an Imperfectionist’). This project seemed to be a (/another) prime example of something I start, that gets to 70% and remains un-launched. So he said “Why don’t you just launch it?”
The ‘perfectionist’ in me hates the idea of sending something out now - I’m actually kind of nervous doing it. But I know if I don’t, I probably never will. I’m sure you’ll be able to find some bugs and issues, but I’ve been able to use it personally relatively successfully. The homepage / landing page hasn’t been designed to encourage signup (which would have been on the roadmap), and the whole site was a result of ‘build and see’, rather than any kind of logical planning. The design needs a bunch of ‘prettying’, but… well, 70%. And if you find it useful, then great :-)
The mailing list comment in the join box refers to the fact that I may, at some-point, send a ‘checkout my site I actually got to 100% on’, but I’m not adding anyone to anything now. Feel free to test, use, whatever. There’s a delete option on the settings page - it’ll (permanently) delete everything in the database relating to your account (including any email address before I’ve added it to any kind of list).
So here you go. Go easy. Feedback welcome!
- I've recently come to realize I've been afflicted with analysis paralysis. It stems from perfectionism and leads to procrastination. I have found How to Be an Imperfectionist: The New Way to Self-Acceptance, Fearless Living, and Freed from Perfectionism ( http://amzn.to/2dyrWcM ) to be very eye opening and helpful in overcoming perfectionism.
