In a lot of things, there is this idea of ‘perfection’.
In terms of art, music, video games, dance, media, politics, and everything else, there is the idea of something being ‘perfect’.
But is perfectionism bad? Is it bad to strive for perfection?
I’d say it isn’t an easy answer.
Perfection is subjective, meaning it’s an opinion.
What’s perfect to you may not be perfect to me.
Which is why I believe perfection isn’t always the best thing to strive for.
It’s good to have high goals. It’s good to shoot for the moon and do your absolute best at everything, but you need to also take a step back and look at what you’ve done.
You need to try and understand where exactly ‘perfect’ is and if you can reach it.
A lot of people look at good art and want to replicate it, but that’s not going to be easy. That’s something that will take years of practice and frustration to the point where the person trying had possibly thrown out millions of artwork because it didn’t live up to this standard that they set for themself.
This brings me to this point: Don’t reject imperfection.
I’m going to switch my metaphor to a writing-based metaphor, as that’s something I can relate better with, being a writer.
When I’m writing, I come up with various ideas and concepts that I wish to write about. But these concepts aren’t ‘the best’, they are mainly just cool things I enjoy and I want to write. They couldn’t become a big series and they couldn’t really be turned into anything more than 150 pages.
So what am I going to do with them?
Am I going to just keep the ideas in my ideas folder till I die? Of course not, I’m going to write them. Not only will I improve by writing these stories, but I’ll also have less stress with them. I don’t need to worry so much about it being perfect, I can upload these books as an eBook only and have it be for a cheap price. It’s more about getting out a variety of minor stories rather than one single great one.
And some people may disagree and tell you to focus on one thing, but those people will also tell you that ‘you aren’t going anywhere soon’ or ‘you’re only young’.
And to them, I say: ‘that’s the point’.
I’m only 22, but you can’t convince me that ‘I’m not going anywhere soon’, something could happen at any moment and you’d be in trouble.
And even if I was to work on one ‘amazing’ book. Who can say it’s amazing? Again, this will be about not living up to the impossible standard inside my mind.
And once again, I get to say my signature phrase that I say a lot on this blog:
‘In a world of 7 billion, there is at least 1 person out there that will like it, no matter what’.
So why not release it?
Why not release that unfinished song you weren’t too keen on? Why not release that half painted piece of art or your little doodles? Why not write whatever story you wrote in 1 day?
Why not just share them with the world?
The internet is a massive place, and it’ll only get bigger, so why not leave your mark?
Each one of those is a step towards this ‘perfection’.
You’ll learn better by doing more, not being stuck on one thing till you die.
You’ll get better and better, closer to the standard you set for yourself at the start.
Just keep going.
Keep writing, singing, drawing, dancing, running, jumping, climbing, swimming, composing, making or whatever.
Just keep doing it, you’re doing better than you realise.
And if you’re worried about people’s judging eyes, then that’s ok, it’s just one step at a time.
I hate the bug-eyed judges, staring down my work to hate it for no reason, acting as if they are the supreme ruler of ‘whatever thing they enjoy’. But I keep going.
There are people out there supporting you, and I’m one of them.
If you know me or have read my work, you know the quality of my work is so inconsistent that it just goes to show how little I’ve cared about perfection.
But I am hypocritical, as I sometimes care more than others. My standards for my Oscar Pat and Alterum book series are much higher than my little 1-off books. And I think it’s good to have that balance of quality. I do so many different projects that having them at such a high standard would exhaust me to death.
The bar moves around with a mind linked to my own.
So, to sound like a dying record, do it. Share your work with the world.
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Thanks for reading.
This is another post to add to the ‘written at midnight without proofreading’ collection.
And it was one I thought I had spoken about before.
To end this one, I want to do a little promotion. My books are now on Goodread!
You can find my books on there, give them a 5 star rating, add them to your ‘plan to read’ or whatever!
I don’t have anything else to say today, so as always thanks for reading, and my links are below.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21553836.Owen_Pichelski
All my Books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Owen-Pichelski/e/B09423YN1D/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1
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