Katherine Morgan Schafler

Right. Well, the same way everyone else can, which is understand where you need help and get it right. So messy perfectionists are in love with the beginning of anything, right? Perfectionism doesn't just happen at work or in a traditional achievement context, like grades. It can happen in any context. It's a very fluid construct.

Right. Well, the same way everyone else can, which is understand where you need help and get it right. So messy perfectionists are in love with the beginning of anything, right? Perfectionism doesn't just happen at work or in a traditional achievement context, like grades. It can happen in any context. It's a very fluid construct.

Right. Well, the same way everyone else can, which is understand where you need help and get it right. So messy perfectionists are in love with the beginning of anything, right? Perfectionism doesn't just happen at work or in a traditional achievement context, like grades. It can happen in any context. It's a very fluid construct.

So you can be a messy perfectionist, for example, when it comes to dating. Messy perfectionists are what I call start happy. They love starting something new. I would say they push through the anxiety of it, but there is no anxiety of it for them. They're the counterpart to the procrastinator perfectionist, right?

So you can be a messy perfectionist, for example, when it comes to dating. Messy perfectionists are what I call start happy. They love starting something new. I would say they push through the anxiety of it, but there is no anxiety of it for them. They're the counterpart to the procrastinator perfectionist, right?

So you can be a messy perfectionist, for example, when it comes to dating. Messy perfectionists are what I call start happy. They love starting something new. I would say they push through the anxiety of it, but there is no anxiety of it for them. They're the counterpart to the procrastinator perfectionist, right?

And so the strengths of that is like messy perfectionists, naturally enthusiastic people, superstar idea generators. Like you want a name for a podcast and messy perfectionists can come up with 50 in like an hour, easily half an hour. And they just have all this momentum and excitement and contagious energy around starting and launching a project and they cast such wide nets.

And so the strengths of that is like messy perfectionists, naturally enthusiastic people, superstar idea generators. Like you want a name for a podcast and messy perfectionists can come up with 50 in like an hour, easily half an hour. And they just have all this momentum and excitement and contagious energy around starting and launching a project and they cast such wide nets.

And so the strengths of that is like messy perfectionists, naturally enthusiastic people, superstar idea generators. Like you want a name for a podcast and messy perfectionists can come up with 50 in like an hour, easily half an hour. And they just have all this momentum and excitement and contagious energy around starting and launching a project and they cast such wide nets.

But if you're not managing this perfectionism, The negative side is that you say yes to a million things without giving yourself the chance to commit to any of it because you're spreading yourself too thin. And then when you hit the inevitable tedium of a process, if we go back to our dating example, you're on like the fourth date and

But if you're not managing this perfectionism, The negative side is that you say yes to a million things without giving yourself the chance to commit to any of it because you're spreading yourself too thin. And then when you hit the inevitable tedium of a process, if we go back to our dating example, you're on like the fourth date and

But if you're not managing this perfectionism, The negative side is that you say yes to a million things without giving yourself the chance to commit to any of it because you're spreading yourself too thin. And then when you hit the inevitable tedium of a process, if we go back to our dating example, you're on like the fourth date and

You're noticing like this person chews quite loudly or something starts irking you like messy perfectionists can bolt. They run or like in a work example, if you're launching a business and then you have to file, you know, a professional license with the state. And you're like, this is boring. I don't want to do this. I don't know how to do this. It's just like your energy deflates upon itself.

You're noticing like this person chews quite loudly or something starts irking you like messy perfectionists can bolt. They run or like in a work example, if you're launching a business and then you have to file, you know, a professional license with the state. And you're like, this is boring. I don't want to do this. I don't know how to do this. It's just like your energy deflates upon itself.

You're noticing like this person chews quite loudly or something starts irking you like messy perfectionists can bolt. They run or like in a work example, if you're launching a business and then you have to file, you know, a professional license with the state. And you're like, this is boring. I don't want to do this. I don't know how to do this. It's just like your energy deflates upon itself.

And you get this sense if you're not aware of your tendencies to make up a story in your head about why that's happening. And the story is a negative self-narrative. And it goes something like, Well, I must just not care enough. I must not be disciplined enough. Nobody takes me seriously. I must just not be smart enough. I'll never get my stuff together. This isn't going to happen for me.

And you get this sense if you're not aware of your tendencies to make up a story in your head about why that's happening. And the story is a negative self-narrative. And it goes something like, Well, I must just not care enough. I must not be disciplined enough. Nobody takes me seriously. I must just not be smart enough. I'll never get my stuff together. This isn't going to happen for me.

And you get this sense if you're not aware of your tendencies to make up a story in your head about why that's happening. And the story is a negative self-narrative. And it goes something like, Well, I must just not care enough. I must not be disciplined enough. Nobody takes me seriously. I must just not be smart enough. I'll never get my stuff together. This isn't going to happen for me.

I might as well, you know, give up. And it's so difficult to contend with that. Whereas like a messy perfectionist, get the project started, then get a procrastinator perfectionist or one of the other kinds of perfectionists in the mix, someone who's naturally structured and it's going to help you to see the project through.

I might as well, you know, give up. And it's so difficult to contend with that. Whereas like a messy perfectionist, get the project started, then get a procrastinator perfectionist or one of the other kinds of perfectionists in the mix, someone who's naturally structured and it's going to help you to see the project through.