Perfection - or the lack thereof

I was told by someone at work today - a fellow perfectionist, though apparently a reformed one - that because of my tendency to accept nothing less than perfection, I am in danger of becoming paralyzed, of getting mired in inaction, of getting stalled ... of producing less than is expected of me. I can't argue with that; I think it's a true assessment of one of my major weaknesses. This person went on to say that I need to shake off the perfectionism, stop overthinking, and just DO.

I think there is hope for me, however. Because no matter how much I want to strive for a perfect scrapbook layout every single time, lately I've become much better at shaking off the perfectionism, stopping the overthinking, and just DOING. Case in point - the following layout. In about 20 minutes this weekend, I threw this one together. I totally did not overthink it. I glued things down without measuring first. I glued things down before I knew where each and every element would end up going. I added a flower here and a rub-on there. The frame with the word "really" in it was an afterthought. By the time I was done I felt like an Effer, those wild girls of the scrapbooking world. Betcha those Effers don't get hung up on perfection.



Supplies:

Carstock: Bazzill
Chipboard accents: Making Memories
Foam letters: $ store
Rub-on letters: American Crafts (white), Heidi Swapp (pink)
Rub-on words and symbols: American Crafts
Flowers: Bazzill, Prima
3-D flower sticker: $ store
Fabric-covered brad: $ store
Heart-shaped brads: $ store
Ribbon: Unknown
Floss: DMC

If only I could have whipped out this layout at work today, as concrete proof that I can change and grow! Somehow though, I think that would have been what an old boss of mine used to call a "CLM" (career-limiting move). Lol.

Now all I have to do is apply what I have learned sitting at my scrap desk, to what I do sitting at my work desk. Yikes. That's a perfectly overwhelming thought!