If a perfectionist has to live in world where everything she sees has so much to be improved, where the right way to do things had always need to be fought, where everyone takes imperfection for granted. Should she
A) Give up right away and be a imperfectionist instead;
Fight and fight so that she is always exhausted;
C) Fight and fight till she surrenders to imperfection;
D) Leave the place;
D) Commit suicide.
I guess a more reasonable answer should be none of the above, but to pick your fight. That sounds rather moderate. Moderation is of course less dramatic, less fun, but usually a good way to solve problems. “Pick your fight”, however, inevitably adds a layer of complication. What is the criteria for picking the fight? Does the same criteria apply to a cool pleasant day and a scorning steaming hot day? Does the same criteria apply to a land of green grass under quiet mountains, and dusty roads with construction trucks screaming through right next to you?
Another way to solve this problem, is to start an organization, say, to call it “United against imperfection”. If of course doesn’t do anything - if it trys to then everyone in it will be too annoyed at the imperfection of the organization. It shall be used as a “bitching corner” (borrowed concept from a friend) to let out the deep feelings about all the imperfect things and people around us, all the things that bother us, annoy us, all the things that is unfair to us, all the “sick and wrong”ness that shouldn’t exist.
Dear friend, if you read this, would you like to join me in this yet another organiation called UAI “United against imperfection”. If so, let’s quicky register a URL.
Hehe.Hehe.Hehehe.
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