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Recovering Perfectionists

The alarm that goes off when someone calls your work good. The “I’ll just figure it out” that is really “I’d rather struggle alone.” I write these as a recovering perfectionist myself, about the patterns underneath how we show up and what it takes to notice them before they run the day.

The Fire Alarm

October 11, 2026
Someone tells you your work is good. Maybe even great. So why does one word send you right back into fixing, rethinking, and doing more?
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