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A Whacky Perfectionism or Imposter Syndrome or not?

 In past, I've hesitated and more often beat myself up to call myself a perfectionist. I can be remarkably messy and have trouble with detail. I call it a day with a 'it is good enough tantrum ' and hand things in. My house is clean! Yet, whenever I take a psych test for perfectionism? OFF THE CHARTS! Truth be told, I hate to fail. Well, who wouldn't?... Let me explain.     My Failure Avoidance System (I call it FAS) leads to a fail safe system called 'Over Work'. I drive myself so hard than any manager ever will, mostly out of fear of failure rather than the love for work. But, they also put me at risk for burn out and exhaustion . I hate this. 'coz I love my work and my FAS supersedes  it. Relating?... Continue reading     Apparently, you can be sloppy AF and a perfectionist at the same time. I find it confusing and chose to categorize it as my FAS.     I concluded that this FAS of mine is not about neatness or punctuality or efficacy....