Gotta be perfect!

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    Are you a perfectionist? Are you someone who strives for the best at everything and will not give up until you have achieved perfection? If so, would you say that this is a bad trait or a good trait to have?
     
    I am competitive... but I don't always want to be the best, I know when to stand down, I accept defeat. But if I know can win, I will make another attempt to try and get the number one spot.
     
    Sure I can be a little competitive with things, but I really don't like the idea of being perfect at all since that can be a pure setup for failure if you aim to be nothing but perfect.
     
    uh im not perfect at anything but i hate losing i wouldn't say hate but not winning pushes me to do my best and work as hard as possible to win so yeah I'm competitive and in some instances its good but its always good yo relax every now and then
     
    God no, I am not.


    I half ass everything nowadays, so I'm essentially the utter opposite of a perfectionist. =P
     
    Vertigo said:
    God no, I am not.


    I half ass everything nowadays, so I'm essentially the utter opposite of a perfectionist. =P
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    ^Me the last few weeks or so. Usually I am a bit of a perfectionist and I want nothing but the best, but lately I have had no motivation to do anything and do the bare minimum to get by.
     
    When it comes to art, I can be a perfectionist. I will redraw something a million times until it looks right to me and it's hard for me to just give up on a drawing and say "close enough". I remember I spent hours on a couple drawing cause I could get the hands right. In other things , not so much. I know I'm not the most skillful person, particularly in sports.
     
    What? Even things you enjoy doing, Dipu?

    As for me, so long as I don't get bored of it, I'll do my best.
    However, if I am bored of it, then you'll have a hell of a time getting me to even start it. Aha. . .
     
    Yessssss. I am. What makes it worse is that I'm also pretty critical of myself.

    I think its a great thing, because I'm someone who believes hard work pays off and to not half ass things, especially things that you're passionate about. I expect high standards of pretty much everything I do, and when I don't deliver, I beat myself up for it and work harder next time to achieve it.
     
    I don't really consider myself as a perfectionist, but my best friend always tells me that I am. It's not that I'm denying, it's just that I don't want to be perfect. I accept my flaws, my mistakes, and I accept me. Everyone wants to achieve perfection, and I do want to be a better person, but not to the point where I would destroy myself and who I am during the process.
     
    It bothers me when I can't get something just right. Sometimes that means I give up completely and half-ass everything in frustration for a while, but I always come back to wanting to make something perfect.

    Like this morning I couldn't get my hair to look how I wanted it so I just messed it all up.
     
    I am such a perfectionist. However, I'm incredibly lazy too. The two sides often battle it out to see if I continue working on that school essay that's due tomorrow, but it's 2:00 am and I should be getting some sleep.

    Why yes, that did just come from personal experience.
     
    I have an odd dynamic. I'd like to be perfect, but if I'm being rushed on a time limit, I'm fine with minimum quality, but I'll still be a really harsh critic on myself and regret every decision that lead to the poor outcome. I just get really judgemental of myself even when it was obviously my own fault, ha. In any case, I strive for perfection but I'm not too torn up about not reaching it, at least not consciously.​
     
    Ugh, I'm such a perfectionist that sometimes I hate myself for it. Whenever I'm working on something, I go all out. If I can go the extra mile and do more, I go for it. Like Scarf, it bothers me when I can't get something to be just right. It will nag at me until I can fix it, even if that means having to start all over and try again.
     
    I'm a perfectionist only in things I'm most passionate about. Otherwise I just half-arse through everything really. It's a bad habit but I really have to get into something to do it very well.
     
    I am a massive perfectionist, so massive to the point that I will begin to get really critical of myself if things are not the way I want them to be. However, in saying that I do have a lazy side and that keeps my need to be perfect. Take my room for example, the floor is an ocean of clothes. XD
     
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