Episode 96: Insidious Perfectionism and what to do about it

Send us Fan MailHappy Wednesday errbody!  The waitlist for The Audacity Project, Cycle 27 closes on Friday the 30th!  Sign up here for early enrollment, $100 off the price of tuition, and an early access bonus- all of this is only available to the waitlist before enrollment goes public.This week's episode is all about perfectionism, how it manifests in artistic practice as well as outside of it, and what to do about it if it's got its teeth in you.  It also ended up being accidentally confessional but I'm going let it be what it is.What you'll hear:The role of routine and discipline, and how it sometimes needs to be disrupted 3:00Why I think perfectionism is one of the most insidious gremlins there are 7:30How to know if you're a perfectionist or if you just have high standards of excellence 8:15How discipline and routine can be the ladder out of perfectionism 11:15My own relationship with perfectionism in art work 11:30How I got all smug about not being a perfectionist in my artistic work, but realized I have these tendencies in my other life omg so rude 13:30How I've experienced perfectionism outside of artistic practice 15:00Why perfectionism is bullshit 21:45Don't go back to sleep.xoRachelSign up here for monthly blasts and functional wooFind me on InstagramSupport this podcast on Patreon