The desire to do things perfectly can be a source of motivation, but it can also make it hard to start at all. You tell yourself, “I should be a bit more prepared,” or “I’ll do it after I organize this first,” and then the day passes before you realize you have not begun anything.
Time keeps moving forward, the pressure builds, and your pursuit of perfection slowly turns into an even higher hurdle.
Arch Calendar encourages you to focus on starting rather than being perfect. When you break a large task into several smaller steps and place them on your calendar, the weight on your shoulders gets lighter, and you realize it does not all need to be finished perfectly in one go. For example, if you need to write a proposal, you can split it into smaller items like “research,” “outline,” and “draft,” and schedule them in order. Each small step you complete gives you a sense of progress and achievement.
If new ideas or references come to mind along the way, you can store them in the Inbox. Tasks that are less urgent than your main priorities can always be reviewed later, which makes it easier to relax. The calendar shows the flow of your work visually, and recurring tasks can be saved as templates so it becomes even easier to start next time.
Perfectionism can become a heavy burden for a tired mind. But if you use Arch Calendar to keep making small starts, you can gradually free yourself from the pressure to be perfect and keep moving steadily forward.
Perfectionism is not really "I hate doing this badly."
It is often another way of saying "I care too much about doing this well."
The problem is that this desire sometimes holds us back right at the starting line. More than a flawless plan, a slightly clumsy first attempt can be perfectly fine. Some of the biggest changes in our lives may not have started from a perfectly prepared moment,
but from a simple thought: "I guess this is enough to at least give it a try."
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