grace: to my fellow depressed perfectionists: it’s actually okay to half-ass things. doing it half-ass is better than not doing it at all.

to my fellow depressed perfectionists: it’s actually okay to half-ass things. doing it half-ass is better than not doing it at all.

ITS ACTUALLY TRUTH TUESDAY! Don't listen to the imposters! Today we're sharing TRUTHS!! Let those truths run wild!!!

it’s okay to do like 4 dishes and then give up. at least you have 4 clean dishes now. skip the shower if you gotta, just wipe off your face with a rag. tadaaa, you’re cleaner than you were before. it’s okay. stop punishing yourself. not everything has to be all or nothing.

fight the black and white thinking

you’re so right. I know this in theory, but fuck, putting it into practice is hard as fuck

*all the hugs*

Washing my face?! In this spoon economy?!

i did not say washing!! i said wiping with a rag!!!

Oh like…blow my nose and use a napkin! I CAN DO THAT!! 👍👍 (Holy shit did we just accidentally sincerely give an example of your initial premise?!)

God, yes. I needed that. So many people on the internet are black and white thinkers. They see the edges of the spectrum, but not the contents inbetween.

this exactly:

You can easily apply it to other areas of life: You can clean just the sink or toilet, instead of the whole bathroom. You can wash just one plate and leave the rest, if you want. You can change your pillowcase without changing your sheets. And you can definitely brush and not floss.

I learned the phrase "perfect is the enemy of good" a year or so back and it spins around my head anytime I gotta do something

oooooh this is a good one i’m literally about to write it down lol

It's one of my favourites! Competes with "There's nothing more permanent than a temporary solution"

“not every thing worth doing is worth doing well”

‼️‼️‼️‼️ writing this one down too LOL

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”W. B. Cameron “All models are bad, some are useful” George Box

"If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you are the one-eyed man in the land of the blind" - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

My favorite variation of this is "anything worth doing, is worth doing badly" even if you don't do it well you're 100% further than when you started

Permanary is a word I learned recently at work that just perfectly captures the end result of multi-layered, committee-led project management.

it always goes with "ships are safe in the harbour, but that is not what ships are for" in my head

There's a comedian who came on my feed once who was like talking about how he was gonna kill himself but then he said what stopped him was like "wait.. My milk is about to expire." And I think about that a lot.

if you remember who it was i’d love to read/watch!

I've tried to find them, all I get in the search results is googling telling me to seek help

HAHAHAHAHA

Saw someone accidentally skeet “the perfect is the enemy of the hood” yesterday and modified it in my head accordingly lol

Lmaoooo this could mean a couple of things and I dig them both

When I learned “success is in the effort, not your perceived destination” that changed so much for me

“Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly” I forget who said it. Someone awesome. Same as grace’s idea really. But hits weird since it’s opposite of. Normal advice.

yesssss same same same

My dad always says "do *something*, even if it's wrong"

Anything worth doing is worth doing half-assedly ♥️

Whole-assing is for assholes. I'm not sure this is true but it feels right

depression gives me only enough energy to half-ass things 🔄 half-assing things makes me depressed

i very much understand the feeling. 😂 sometimes the half-ass effort can eventually push me into a regular effort though

that’s a very good point! (especially for hygiene stuff for me - if i wash my face, the other parts of my body are like ‘hmm us too??’)

same here. sometimes being reminded that being clean feels nice is enough to get me to do a thing :)

I need to be reminded of this constantly, so thank you

me too ❤️

And if I only use half my ass I can do other things with the other half! That's just planning ahead.

you can one cheek things

This skeet strikes fear into my heart and I am going to crawl into a hole now.

If there's a task that must be done, Don't turn your tail and run, Don't pout, don't sob, Just do a half assed job! If, you, cut every corner It is really not so bad, Everybody does it, Even mom and dad. If nobody sees it, Then nobody gets mad, It's the American way!

is there a way I can send this to myself every other day so maybe I'll remember it

Yes there is. Open Google Calendar. Create a recurring event at 10am that repeats every two days. The event is called "It's okay to halfass things" etc. Add a notification to that event. Tadaa. Your phone will notify you.

YES this is a great idea!!

Some ass is always better than no ass, for sure. Even if it's like one eighth ass. And I often find it easier to continue to increasing ass portions once I have already invested a little ass. Sunk ass. Occasionally arriving above 100%. Surplus ass.

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My life became a bit better once I accepted good enough is good enough.

Hey this made me feel better about like ‘just cause you’ve missed some of your estrogen doesn’t mean you have to not take any that day’ so thank you. Genuinely.

oooof i’m very familiar with this mindset! it’s miserable to go through. glad i could help ❤️

My dad used to have a saying, that I begrudgingly use as an adult, that “50% of something is better than 100% of nothing.”

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