Beautifully said.
This is the exact reason why I started writing.
I’ve realised I wanted to do it for a very long time, but as a textbook perfectionist, it was hard for me to get exposed to any audience at all for fear of failure on so many levels. Not to mention the uneasiness about presenting vulnerability…
I’ve decided my main goal was to get over it by sharing my experiences with the wider public, as it is a win-win situation: everyone benefits from setting themselves free from their self-inflicted boundaries.
Oh, and I love the part about googling your way out of things, because that is exactly what I used to do a lot for (perfectionist) fear I might be wrong and/or unoriginal. The annoying need for double and triple checking ultimately made me look for alternate methods of letting go of perfectionism. Again, writing really comes in handy as you eventually have to publish what you write even though you know it can never be perfect enough.
Honesty is the key.
