Getting Over Perfectionism: 4 Outside-the-Box Techniques

Anna Burgess Yang
The Orange Journal
Published in
4 min readOct 24, 2022

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Perfectionism will hold you back. Do more by letting go.

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I used to be a perfectionist.

I was the person who put in long hours at work, trying to do and be everything. I’d write and rewrite emails, poring over every word. And I’d obsess over every detail of a project, going far beyond client expectations and outshining my colleagues at every…

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Anna Burgess Yang
The Orange Journal

Productivity geek + solopreneur with niche expertise. #5amwritersclub frequent flyer. • https://start.annabyang.com/