The Perfectionism Trap: Why 'Good Enough' Changed My Life
Perfectionism doesn't make you better—it just keeps you stuck. Here's how the 80% rule helped me overcome my creative block and start creating after 10 years of waiting to be "ready."
How many creative projects have you abandoned before they even began? How many times have you told yourself, "I'll start when I'm ready" or "I need to practice more first"? For me, it was 10 years of wanting to create but never feeling good enough. Writing projects left unfinished. Videos filmed and deleted. Ideas that stayed ideas because I was waiting for a version of myself that would never arrive.
Then I decided to try at 80%: Create at 80% of your capacity instead of striving for 100% perfection. And everything changed.
This isn't about lowering your standards—it's about raising your quality of life. It's about giving yourself permission to be a beginner, to make something imperfect, to start before you feel ready. Because perfectionism isn't protecting your creativity—it's suffocating it.
In this video, I'm sharing how the 80% rule broke through a decade of creative paralysis, why "good enough" is actually the goal, and how you can start using this approach in your own creative life today.
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE ⬇️
Share ONE thing you've been afraid to say or start on Instagram stories, Threads, or anywhere you show up. Don't polish it. Post it at 80% and tag me. I want to see what happens when we stop waiting for perfect.
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