It’s not a clever way to humblebrag to your friends. It doesn’t convey to others that you’re special, that you have high standards, or that you do good work. It communicates that you cannot complete your work because you’re chasing an illusion–perfection.
We don’t have control over the outcome and the more we try to control the outcomes of our life and work, to less freedom we will have to think and move.
When you fear making mistakes or breaking things along the way, you take away opportunities to learn.
Perfectionism kills your ability to be creative by trying to infuse control in a process that must be free to flow and splash around like water.