From The Journal

If you follow me on Snapchat (abranchofholly), you’ll know that over the past couple of weeks I’ve been feeling really overwhelmed with my workload. I had lot more on my plate than usual, and since then I’ve been trying hard to redefine productivity and be smarter about how I work.

One thing that made me begin to make these changes was something my mum said when I was rehearsing for one of my recent workshops: “You’re a perfectionist, aren’t you”?

I never thought of myself as a perfectionist, but when it came to this, I could totally see where she was coming from. And I decided then that maybe that’s the reason I’m struggling. Maybe I felt so overwhelmed with my workload, because I was seeking perfection with everything and so wasn’t moving forward. Instead, I should’ve focused on practising and taking smarter action.

I see a lot of bloggers say ”there’s never a perfect moment to do something”, and they’re right. If we waited for the perfect time to do absolutely everything, we’d be exhausted and wouldn’t get done what we wanted to.

It got me thinking that if I had waited for the ‘perfect time’ to start this blog, it might not exist right now. I might’ve still been waiting.

We usually think:

• I need to wait until I’ve done more planning.

• I need to wait until I’ve got more time.

• I need to wait until I’m ready.

Sound familiar?