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My Pain, Your Gain

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , on September 28, 2025| Leave a Comment »

I try to push back against perfectionism here, encouraging you to do your best but to also push ahead and just get things done.

I try to follow those guidelines in my own creative work, but it doesn’t always happen that way.

Case in point: I’ve been working on a card for a friend, and was all set to make her something fun. Then I came up with another idea. And then another. And then her birthday came and went and I was still working out my plan.

No problem, my cards are often late and it’s just an excuse to extend the celebration.

Well, this time, it’s possible that the card will be Very late.

It’s finally almost done and I’m feeling pretty good about it. Except.

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Whoops.

So this card, which would have been just fine if perhaps not perfect (what is?) will now be Very Very Late. Perhaps it will arrive in time for Canadian Thanksgiving? American Thanksgiving? Christmas?

Well, that’ll learn me.

In case you needed another example of the downsides of perfectionism or a reason to just Get On With It, here it is.

Hoping that my pain will be your gain!

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Today’s Imperfections

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on September 14, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Things that could have gone better today (mostly minor, ’tis true, but it’s barely afternoon!):

  • Tracked Hurricane Florence instead of working on my current novella.
  • Walked instead of running. Because really, I can’t run. It hurts, like everything else good for you (not really, but some days that’s how it feels). Ouch ouch ouch!
  • Forgot to take my vitamins with breakfast.
  • Haven’t cleaned today. Even odds on whether I’ll get to it at all, really. Wynonna Earp is just as awesome through a thin film of dust, right?
  • Ignored the hummingbird feeder and other oddities to wash in the laundry sink. Again.
  • I still don’t know how to get rid of the efflorescence by the laundry room drain. Or is it mold? Or some similar-looking precursor to an alien invasion that just happens to be starting in my basement? Maybe leaving it there is actually me doing a noble service to SETI-hunters everywhere?
  • There is a crack in this seemingly perfect pen blank. You can’t see it. Half the time I can’t see it. But it is there, and now all I can do is use it as a reminder that not everything works out the way you’d like, but sometimes even mistakes can be beautiful.

Enjoy your day, imperfect or otherwise!

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