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Messy perfectionists are in love with starting. Unlike their procrastinator perfectionist counterparts, nothing brings a messy perfectionist more joy than beginnings. Messy perfectionists are optimistic and “start happy,” but they struggle to maintain momentum unless the remainder of the process feels as exciting and as energizing (i.e., as perfect) as it did in the beginning. Since that never happens, messy perfectionists who haven’t yet learned how to use their perfectionism to their advantage take on a million and seven projects only to abandon them all.
The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control
Katherine Morgan Schafler
People carry electricity for me; they have a current that surges around my body until I’m exhausted. It’s hard to pinpoint what it is, exactly; something about their noise, their unruly movement, the unpredictable demands they might make on me. It makes the air feel thick, like humanity has…not a scent, but a texture. It makes me feel like I can’t breathe.
The Electricity of Every Living Thing
Katherine May
I also find that pacing systems are a helpful tool for breaking the boom-or-bust cycle. Pacing systems intervene with the boom-or-bust cycle by creating a system to have a more balanced expenditure of energy throughout so that we don't have as extreme of crashes.
Why a Neurodivergent Spoon Theory?
Megan Anna Neff
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