Perfectionism

It can be debilitating sometimes to want to make something the "right" way. At every turn you find something that can be improved. Pretty soon you will have a list that is longer than anybody could manage. It becomes harder to know what you should be working on. Then things grind to a halt.

The pursuit of perfection has brought us to a stand still. Often times this leads people to abandon the goal of doing the best we can. We can't be perfect, so why bother? But that is a trap, because if you aren't striving to do the best you can then anything you create will be sub-optimal. And when the quality is worse this increases the likelihood of failure eventually.

So in order to create the best quality thing we can, we have pursue the perfect version of that thing. Knowing full well the pittfalls and futility of such persuits. We will never be able to reach the highest quality thing we can if we are not striving for it. So take that long list of improvements and start making them happen - because if you believe something will get you closer to perfection then you will have to do it eventually anyways.