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A Pretty-Good Mathematical Model of Perfectionism | Measure of Doubt

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I struggle with perfectionism. Well, not so much “struggle with” — I’m f*cking great at it. It comes naturally. There are some upsides, but perfectionism is also associated with anxiety, depression, procrastination, and damaged relationships. Perhaps you, like I, have spent far too much time and emotional energy making sure that an email had the right word choice, had no typos, didn’t reuse a phrase in successive sentences/paragraphs, and closed with the ‘correct’ sign-off. (‘Best,’ is almost always optimal, by the way). “If I couldn’t do something that rated 10 out of 10 — or at least close to that — I didn’t want to do it at all. Being a perfectionist was an ongoing source of suffering and unhappiness for me … Unfortunately, many of us have been conditioned to hold ourselves to impossible standards. This is a stressful mind state to live in, that’s for sure.” ~ Tony Bernard J.D. The topic of perfectionism confused me for years. Of course you want things to be perfect; why would you e

A Pretty-Good Mathematical Model of Perfectionism | Measure of Doubt Measure of Doubt Search: About Posts Comments Psychology Rationality Video Math Language Humor Philosophy Uncategorized Statistics Arts ← Finding Pi From Random Numbers Forget 3-D Chess; Here’s My 1-D Chess Rules → A Pretty-Good Mathematical Model of Perfectionism August 9, 2020 by Jesse Galef 14 Comments I struggle with perfectionism. Well, not so much “struggle with” — I’m f*cking great at it. It comes naturally. There are some upsides, but perfectionism is also associated with anxiet

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