Numra

“That’s the thing about high standards: they don’t have to come with insecurity. Only perfectionism grafts the two together. As Paul understands it, perfectionism isn’t about perfecting things or tasks, nor is it about striving for especially high standards in, say, your assignments, appearances, parenting, or relationships. It’s far, far deeper than that. It’s about perfecting ourselves, or to be more exact, perfecting our imperfect selves; going through life in defensive mode, concealing every last blemish, flaw, and shortcoming from those around us.”
― Thomas Curran, The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough

“When we speak of privilege, we often focus on the frills of advantage, forgetting the more basic benefit: an absence of obstacles.”
― Thomas Curran, The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough

“In other words, perfectionists use procrastination as a way of surviving struggle, challenge and failure without the inevitable emotional damage. But eventually, they’re just damaged by the passage of time.”
― Thomas Curran, The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough