2023.06.13 – 0894 – Studio Perfectionism
Perfectionism
You may get stressed in the studio because everything has to be ‘just so’: asking for take-after-take because the next one will “be the best one”; continually cogitating about the cadence of every sentence; editing and re-editing so much that your saved files have names like ‘final’, ‘final version 2’, ‘final version 3’, ‘final final edit’ and ‘final edit, this one’.
Those with perfectionism set themselves unreasonable goals. Constantly striving for the very highest standards is good and honourable, but when perfectionists achieve less than that, they can be excessively hard on themselves and a vicious circle of worry and self-doubt can follow: getting stressed and depressed, with panic attacks and social anxiety.
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Instead, set smaller goals in shorter, more realistic timeframes – achievable steps on the road to greatness.
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