June 01, 2019
by Rohov Dmytro
A powerful insight of mine about hacking perfectionism, feeling better, being more productive and unblocking myself to get things done.
Here is a common situation I have encountered plenty of times:
Idea ⇒ Inspiration ⇒ Perfectionism ⇒ Block
And here is mine insight on why this is happening.
Mood represents the momentum. The momentum allows actions to flow. Perfectionism tends to change that mood, kills the momentum and leads to a struggle.
Let’s unwrap it.
Mood As An Engine
Once I’ve read a powerful opinion about the mood. And an insight I’ve experienced is this:
Mood represents the momentum. Momentum leads to actions.
Momentum is like a wave you can climb and ride. It’s just so easier when it’s fun and joyful. It’s a really nice friend to accompany your actions.
And it clicked for me.
The mood is not only nice to have. The mood is quite a requirement.
You can definitely ignore it and fight through. But it’s a totally different strategy.
If you want to explore roots of this insight, check out this long-read.
Mood as Extrapolation Engine: Using Emotions to Generate Momentum
Perfectionism as a Mood Killer
My experience from a perspective of mood and momentum: perfectionism is their biggest nemesis!
- Perfectionism
- blockInterrupts
- blockKills the flow
- blockNot that fun
- blockOverwhelms
- blockRaises expectations that is hard to execute in practice
- blockChanges the mood
- blockKills the momentum
The most common end result of perfectionism is a struggle to act
Recognizing The Tradeoff
It’s extremely hard for me to combine «perfect» and «fun». Fun vs perfect is a tradeoff I have to negotiate about with myself.
- Recipe for productivity
- check_circleRecognize the power of mood on actions
- check_circleProtect the mood
- Stuff to think about
- question_answerShould you do stuff if you feel like shit doing it? Is it a path of becoming a better human or beating yourself until you break? Maybe it's both?
- question_answerHow does execution of the idea influence your mood?
- question_answerIs it possible to combine having fun and perfectionism?
- question_answerWhat kills your mood?
- question_answerWhat about bad mood and momentum?
