Don’t let the perfect get in the way of the perfectly good

In this episode I talk about one of the phrases that comes up again and again in my world: don’t let the perfect get in the way of the perfectly good. And I’m laughing because, naturally, it’s one of the things I still have to keep learning.

I used to think podcasting meant jingles, editing software, studio microphones, the whole formal performance. Which meant I didn’t record unless the stars aligned: tech working, time available, brain switched on, quiet house, childcare sorted (ha), and zero life happening in the background. In other words…ie, hardly ever.

But that’s not how real creativity works. And it’s certainly not how my neurodivergent brain works. If the process feels too complicated, I don’t do it. Not because I don’t care, but because the friction is too high. The faff kills the expression.

So now I’m recording this in bed, in my pyjamas, on my phone, not waiting for the “proper” conditions. Because the thing itself wasn’t the problem, it was all the unnecessary extras I thought had to come with it. Perfection, performance, production. All the peripheral bullshit that stops the thing from simply existing.

And that’s the invitation:
Where are you making something harder than it needs to be?
Where have you turned a simple desire into a 19-step project plan?
Where are you resisting the actual thing because of all the invisible admin surrounding it?

Maybe your brain needs shortcuts. Maybe your life needs ease. Maybe “good enough” is the only way the thing gets to happen at all.

So here’s the question to sit with:
Where are you letting the perfect get in the way of the perfectly good?
And what would happen if you let it be easier?
Not polished. Not impressive. Not “proper.”
Just doable. Right now. In the way that works for you.

Perfection can wait.
Expression can’t.

If this resonates come tell me at www.instagram.com/emma.while