Join the Army Against Alcohol - January '17

[mario]

I have to go folks, have a good positive happy day.

[JackieClaire]

Morning workers, poorly bairns and AAAers far and wide.

In work today and everything I learned last week has flown out of my brain and the notes I made might as well have been written in Chinese the sense they make.

Here's a wee thought do you think us alkies want to be perfect in everything we do and when it doesn't we blame ourselves..........where as most people will learn from their mistakes and move on?

[satz123]

Morning AAA'ers
Yes Jacks I do believe perfectionism is part of it.
For instance, I am writing this f*cking essay about the Spartans Warriors :confusion: - I can't just write it - it has to be PERFECT.
And it's driving me nuts.

If anyone has any insight into Spartans & how their warfare tactics translate into 21 century - please send me links.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Afternoon folks, perfection yep me too absolutely, almost looks like ocd, my having to get everything right, at times I am told. The other side of that coin is the satisfaction I get from doing a job, be it a project in work or building something in the garden, and looking at it with a little pride at a job I consider well done.

[JackieClaire]

Evening.

There's so many articles about it on the tinterweb:eek-new:

http://www.tonyhortonlife.com/post/2016/4/1/focus-on-progress-not-perfection

Got me thinking of a few years ago I made a red velvet cake on Christmas Eve.............it didn't turn out to my liking so I chucked it the bin and made a new one. Must have been 2am when I got to bed covered in icing sugar and blobs of cake mix.

[NoSugar]

Perfectionism is a thief! I passed up so many opportunities to do or learn new things because I wasn't sure ahead of time that I could do them perfectly. Not doing them at all seemed safer. And the problem is, when perfect becomes the new adequate, which it did for me long ago, there is no where to go but down. There is infinite space for disappointment and none for achievement and pride. Thankfully, we mature out of most of that but I know I still have to stay aware of my tendencies and be content with (and even proud of!) 'good enough'.

[satz123]

Finished the fecking essay. Took all day but it's done
Probably could have done it in half the time - but had to get it 100% right :hanging:.

[IamMary]

Well done on the essay Satz..

I was going to slightly disagree on perfectionism, until JC mention the cake - I can't count how many times I have chucked out a cake and started again! ..and thinking about it, there are particular areas in my life that I am extremely fussy on (presentation, pleasing others etc I'm prob anal) - but then there are lots of things that I'm quite laid back about.
Can I be a part time perfectionist?

(for the record, I have read this 3 times and corrected all spelling mistakes, never mind the 5 minutes wasted trying to find the rolly eyes ).

[IamMary]

There's so many articles about it on the tinterweb:eek-new:
Focus on Progress Not Perfection — Tony Horton Life

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