Perfectionism: how to let go for good

I wonder whether it would soothe you to know that perfectionism is one of the commonest subjects people bring up when they write to me, or when I survey our Stitchlings at Foundations Revealed.
"I have unreasonably high expectations for myself, which I can never meet, thus I give up on sewing projects again and again. Lots of crying and giving up has happened..."
I made a video tackling this subject a couple of years ago, but I think it's worth revisiting it and saying more.
What if perfectionism was just a story that you're telling yourself? What if you could close the storybook and put it on a shelf? What would that feel like, and what creative projects would you dive into with all that energy you'd save? Let's talk about that.
Music: The Rose and the Thorn by Johannes Bornlof at epidemicsound.com
The old book is "Dress Design: An Account of Costume for Artists and Dressmakers" by Talbot Hughes, published by John Hogg of London in 1913.
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