Are you a perfectionist?

Are you a perfectionist??

I used to be a perfectionist. Those day I insist everything to be perfect in my deliverable. I want the best in my life. I tell myself I need to deliver a perfect proposal to my boss, I check every single detail up to the font, formatting, color, style, content, word, etc. I can spend hours to write an email with just 5 lines probably, read every single word, made several revision, read again, think about what is the impact if I am the recipient. I am a careful type of person, I wanted to reduce any possible errors before going live. I wanted to build a perfect and nice house, so I spent my time and effort involved throughout the entire renovation process, including interior design, choosing the right material for grill, kitchen, etc, choosing the right paint color for wall, did my own drawing of renovation, planned how many lights, power points, where to locate those, etc. Oh man, I was really a crazy guy, cant believe I did it...

In later stage, I realize there are so much things out of my control. I have so much responsibilities - I need to take care very well of my team at work, I need to ensure my customers are happy, I need to take care my business partners so we continue to grow, I need to take care of my company to ensure it grows profitably and healthy. Out of all these, I need to spend time to create bonding of my family. I need to be responsible to my own health. I feel very bad and my heart was really pain when my daughter came to me and asked: Daddy, why today you don't have to switch on your laptop and work? So, do you have time to play with me today, come on it is weekend.

There are so many things out there, how can I apply my perfectionist philosophy into every single thing - I can't and I can never.

I learned - things can never be perfect in the first place. You spent too much time in planning to be perfect, at the end a small tiny thing can affect your entire plan or even your life.

I learned - everybody has merit and weakness. You can be good at something but can never be good at all. Appreciate the merit and accept the shortage.

I learned - there are always things going up and down in your life, it is like a wave, don't expect your life to be always at the up stage, when you are down, use it as a motivator to change your life, get up from where you fall down. I went through difficult time, I got over it, I always tell myself what else can be much worse than I had ever been through so far, that's my primary driven factor to keep challenge myself of learning new things that I have never know of.

I learned - life can be as short as you have never think of. I mean you can't even control your life, what sort of perfect life you thought about? Everyone will grow older one day, but how many of us has the chance lucky enough to reach that day. So, be always cherish to what you have at the moment - people and things that surrounding you.

Still pursue perfect in everything? Nothing can be perfect, and it can never be. You only live once, do something meaningful in your life. Be responsible to yourself, be responsible to your family, be responsible to your work. Create your own story and share your journey.

Note: This solely represent my personal perception. Sorry for my poor English and no offense to anyone.