The Art of Starting - A Perfectionist's Nightmare
I'm someone who struggles to start. Going from zero to anything is a struggle, a complete unknown. Sometimes I have this idea of "let's cook a new recipe" and I get so overwhelmed at what recipe to choose, how hard will it be to make, how many ingredients will it take, will I like what I make, that in the end I end up doing nothing and making the same old same old. Over the years I've gotten much better at letting myself just try without expectation. This all started when I wanted a hobby that was a sport and I'm terrible at sports! One day it just clicked and I thought "I'd rather be really bad at a sport and learn than not know a sport at all". So I signed up for a tennis class, I wasn't as bad as I thought but I wasn't great. Really the lesson was just to try tennis. All these years later, trying a new sport or new recipe isn't easier, maybe I'm just out of practice. I have such a fear of the unknown, not even of failu...
