Originally Posted by
SteveinMN
Kestra, three things struck me as I read your post:
- The first was one of those Stuart Smalley-isms that goes something like, "Just for today I will not 'should' all over myself."
- The second was that, as I read it, I thought about what I 'should' be doing. I realized a while ago that I'm the kind of person who wants to do something well if I'm going to bother doing it at all. I still want to do that, but ...
- (third item) ...as the years and my energy budget get shorter, I try to resist the temptation to dive deep into everything. Sometimes 'good enough' is good enough. If your method of filing/paperwork works maybe 90-95% of the time, how much effort would you have to put in to get closer to 100%? Is it worth it? Dinners boring? Well, unless you're ordering take-out to avoid same-old-same-old or identifying a nutritional deficiency, is that really a problem?
Perfect can be the enemy of good. I would save 'perfect' for the stuff that would hurt you if you messed it up big-time.
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