Done Is Better Than Perfect
Stop self-sabotaging and get 'er done
Hello and welcome, my lovely creatives! I hope you had a lovely hybrid solar eclipse week. Did you see it? Was it loverly? I love how excited people were over the 62-second long event that only happens once every ten years. Makes me wish I’d been in that remote town in Australia to see it with them. Their enthusiasm is contagious.
Today’s creative letter is to my younger and also current self again. It’s been a struggle to be and feel creative this week as my inner perfectionist won’t shush.
Dear Lovely Creative Person,
I know you’ve been struggling with perfectionism this week. You keep thinking you can’t possibly get things done because you’re not prepared. You haven’t planned enough. You haven’t done enough research.
Here’s the thing: you’ll never be fully prepared, have the perfect plan, or have done enough researching.
I don’t know who first said this, but it’s a good thing to keep in mind always: “Done is better than perfect.”
Sometimes we hold up our own progress because we think oh, I can’t do this because I don’t have enough knowledge. I’m not talented enough. I haven’t planned everything within an inch of possibility, including any and all contingency plans.
But then your sweet overthinking brain doesn’t stop. Like, ever.
And you never do anything because you’re stuck in analysis paralysis, looking at every angle for everything.
Where does that leave you? In a constant state of “I should do this but…”
Stop that.
Stop self-sabotaging because you don’t think you can reach your ideal.
Sometimes you just need to finish your project. Because done is better than perfect.
Love always,
t :)
Inspiration Of The Week
On April 20th, there was a rare celestial event. While I was trying to figure out what the biggie was other than having a dream bringing the eclipse to my attention, I came across this CNN video where an uncredited man said something so poetic and beautiful.
He said: “Three most significant planetary bodies for our existence going into perfect alignment like three notes on a guitar. The sun which provides us all of our life energy, the earth which nurtures us, and the moon that keeps us in rhythm all lining up. It’s more powerful than anything you can ever experience.”
I’ve been thinking about the sun, earth, and moon as notes on a guitar all day. I haven’t had a chance to do it yet but I want to play around with that image once I get home.
I love being inspired by random things I come across. Sometimes it’s from a snippet I overheard on the street. Other times from something I’m currently reading. And other times it’s so random, like this. I’m very curious what I’ll create from this man’s words. It definitely has my cooker brain going.
Creative Prompt For The Week
This section is a weekly prompt to nudge you to do something creative this weekend. Sometimes we want to do something but just don't know what to create so we need a starting point. I'm going to help the creatively challenged by providing a word, phrase, or some other starting point where you can focus and create something. If you'd like to share it with me, please do, but there's no pressure. I'm here to inspire, not judge or tell you how or what to do.
Your prompt for this week, should it inspire you, is:
POLKA DOTS
You know I wanted to put the prompt as eclipse, sun, moon, or something similar, but I figured I’d give you at least a little break from my hippie dippy thoughts and give you something else to work with.
Some polka dotty suggestions: add some polka dots to your mirror using lipstick. Put jam dots on your toast this weekend before you spread it out in a pleasing swoosh. Or take a page out of Yayoi Kusama’s book and add dots to a pumpkin. Here’s a fun tutorial if you need a visual:
I hope you have a lovely week full of creative inspiration and dotted good fun.
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