The Curse of Perfection.

Jodi Smith
Nov 2 · 3 min read

And the gift of defining it.

“What on earth were you thinking?”

This is the question circling in my mind with less than forty minutes until the midnight deadline of Day 2 of my NaNoWriMo/Medium challenge. Start writing, ditch that, start again, ditch that, step away from the work, start again, ditch that as well, rinse and repeat. This is how the day has unfolded. I could stop now; it isn’t…

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