Something I have occasionally found useful when I get stuck in a "but [thing] has to be PERFECT" trap is to step back and say to myself, "So what happens if [thing] isn't perfect?" and then logically working through each step, because at a certain point NOT BEING PERFECT has become the horrible bad end in and of itself, and I have to remind myself that no, that's not a giant wall across all existence. An imperfect [thing] is just another step, and life will continue afterwards and I need to be in a position to meet what happens afterwards.
But I need to still have a certain amount of perspective to do that. Possibly this might be where having a second person around is useful? I'm not sure how to break out of those loops alone once all perspective has been lost.
And really, if you're trying to make something perfect for five-year-olds, perspective has long since left the building. Five-year-old kids wouldn't know perfect if it clomped up in giant boots and booped them on the nose. *wry*
no subject
But I need to still have a certain amount of perspective to do that. Possibly this might be where having a second person around is useful? I'm not sure how to break out of those loops alone once all perspective has been lost.
And really, if you're trying to make something perfect for five-year-olds, perspective has long since left the building. Five-year-old kids wouldn't know perfect if it clomped up in giant boots and booped them on the nose. *wry*