Perfectionists Anonymous

[AngelAmidala]

I guess I am in a way....with certain things.

Like when I'm drying laundry and folding the clothes to put them in the basket...the socks have to be on top...so even if all my socks are dried first, they'll wait to be put away until the very end.

And when I'm typing messages, either here or in chat...I have to spell and punctuate properly. If I'm not sure how to spell a word, I'll type (sp?) right after it. And if I find I sent a message with a typoed word (like tlak instead of talk) I'll immediately send another message with the word spelled right.

 

[paulewog]

Oh yes, typing. I'm picky about that. And grammar.

People bug me sometimes when they don't use any punctuation, don't know anything about grammar ...

 

[oncewaslost]

i'm picky about spelling.... for some reason missed spelled words get to me. *shrug*

 

[paulewog]

yeah! amen syster

 

[oncewaslost]

silly.

 

[speechless]

I always have to have my writing perfect. If it's slanted or I make a mistake I have to start over!

 

[speechless]

And spelling and grammar! That's a big thing for me. I'm so attentive... I don't mean to correct people, it's sort of a pet peeve of mine! lol

 

[paulewog]

Oh... don't mention writing in my presence... please..

/me doesn't haev that great handwriting

 

[oncewaslost]

/me has very small writing.

 

[paulewog]

/me doesn't do much writing

 

[Mr.Cheese]

Mr.Cheese has super sloppy handwriting.
I'm a perfectionist when it comes to school, cars and...hmm...I don't know what else. But school especially.

 

[paulewog]

school...

 

[onecrazycowgirl]

/me 's horses are part of her school, so it's a given that' they're perfect



Ugh, even though I won't start in on school, it still must be perfect so I can maintain my grades.

 

[paulewog]

I maintian my grades and all, that's an ego issue there...

but school in general is icky.

 

[onecrazycowgirl]

Thought you didn't do the ego thing

School would be cool if I got to only do the fun stuff   But, when I actually understand what I'm doing as opposed to just memorizing it, it's not that bad.

 

I just realized how perfect my horses' stalls are - I was mucking them this morning and realized that I was sifting through soiled shavings when I was planning on stripping the stall.  I have issues.

 

[Lizzi4Christ]

Typing and spelling. I can't stand it when I type something wrong.

My art. This drives me insane because it never comes out like I want it to

 

[paulewog]

I don't do the ego thing, but it's sorta ingrained into human nature

An argument could be made taht as a perfectionist in anything, apparently you have some pride about it because you just can't have something you did be under perfect.... enough philosohpy for today!

Music, oh dear, it's hard for me to be perfect in piano, but it bugs me when I make a mistake!

 

[onecrazycowgirl]

Wooties Lizzie!! I can't really do anything artistic - so I don't have to worry about that

Actually, I don't care if it's perfect, I just can't leave something half done, and if it's not perfect, than it's not finished


Please don't tell me that it's possible for somebody to make a mistake and not have it bug them. Oh dear! I may just flip a lid ...

 

[paulewog]

I can make a mistake and not let it bother me.

For example, in math...

 

[onecrazycowgirl]

I thought you said keeping up your grades was an ego thing ...?


I dislike making mistakes, period. I do on occasion though - especially typing