<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Get &#8216;er Done!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Oh dear. You know what I&#8217;m talking about. You&#8217;re working on a project. It&#8217;s almost done, and then. . .wait, just a few more tweaks. Or. . . forget it, trash it, start all over. Or. . . Because, you know, it has to be just <em><strong>perfect</strong></em>. <a href="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/perfect-score.png"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="6552" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/get-er-done/perfect-score/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/perfect-score.png" data-orig-size="626,799" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="perfect-score" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/perfect-score.png?w=235" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/perfect-score.png?w=626" class="alignright wp-image-6552 size-medium" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/perfect-score.png?w=235&#038;h=300" alt="perfect-score" width="235" height="300" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/perfect-score.png?w=235&amp;h=300 235w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/perfect-score.png?w=470&amp;h=600 470w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/perfect-score.png?w=118&amp;h=150 118w" sizes="(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px" /></a>But does it, really?</p>
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<p>If you are like me, you may struggle with this &#8220;need&#8221; to keep working on something because you know you can always make it better. But taken to the extreme, you may <em>never</em> complete the project because it&#8217;s never perfect <em>enough</em>. And that&#8217;s not good! Sometimes you need to accept that your work is good enough, and turn it in, or launch the initiative, whatever, and <strong>move on</strong>. There are really very few times that everything really needs to be totally perfect. The key is to know when perfection is required, and good enough is, well, good enough.</p>
<p><a href="http://quickbase.intuit.com/blog/2015/03/03/how-to-fight-perfectionism-and-call-a-project-complete/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+QuickBase+%28The+Fast+Track+-+Tools+to+get+the+job+done%2C+fast.%29" target="_blank">How to Fight Perfectionism</a> (The Fast Track) takes a look at ways to deal with this tendency.</p>
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