How was it then?
I was always trying to find the “perfect way” to do something. Perfection was achieved when something was done in the most efficient way. But I would waste so much time contemplating all of the different scenarios that it would often make my overall response to things very, very slow, and therefore, not efficient. This applied to big decisions as well as very small ones.
~ A Food Addict
How is it now?
I realize now that very few things need to be perfect before I start. I can just start something and see how it goes. With most things, I will have a chance to do it again, so I treat my first attempt as an experiment and just try one of the scenarios that I have come up with, even if I have not thought through all of the possible outcomes. It may not be the perfect way, but it is a way, and it will get me started. Once I have done it once, I will have some empirical data to help me decide whether or not I need to tweak my method. The most important thing is just to get started, not to get it perfect from the start.
~ A Recovering Food Addict
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