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'Everything I Do Has to Be Perfect!'

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'Everything I Do Has to Be Perfect!'

Perfection is for idiots.

Heather Havrilesky
Feb 16, 2023
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Cleft (1975) by Helen Lundeberg

Dear Polly,

I’m a writer, and everything I write has to be beautiful and poetic. Everything I say has to be beautiful and poetic. If it’s not, I feel completely worthless. I’ve tried to tell myself that it’s okay to not be perfect, okay to just write and talk like myself —but every time I sit down to try and write something…

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