by Emily Grabatin | Jul 26, 2021 | Perfectionism
I remember the day I handed off an imperfect early draft of my Dare to Decide book to my writer friend. Of course it’s imperfect – it’s a draft, you might be thinking. Yes, there were typos, missing words. I was okay with those because they would be...
by Emily Grabatin | Apr 4, 2020 | Book Review, God-Dream, Perfectionism
The Threshing: A book review of a helped hundreds of writers because of the author’s vulnerable journey. Tim Grahl describes his first novel, The Threshing as The Matrix meets The Hunger Games. For any fans of either book or movie, that would be incentive...
by Emily Grabatin | Jan 7, 2019 | Perfectionism
Today you inspired my gratitude list. I thought it may as well since you get a bad rap. And rightly so. If you were put on trial, you could be charged for slave labour, thievery, harassment, sabotage, and cohersion. You’re a mean one, disguised in a pretty promise. My...
by Emily Grabatin | Apr 22, 2017 | Perfectionism
Living in the tension between sharing your heart and message with excellence and knowing when you’ve reached the best for that moment is a daily challenge for perfectionists. You want people to know you care and that you’ve given your best. You hope people...
by Emily Grabatin | Apr 15, 2017 | Perfectionism
In my last post, I talked about how proud I was to be a perfectionist – until I realized how much it was getting in the way of what was important to me. Only when I royally screwed up my own (and God’s) standards did I stand face to face with my imperfection. In...
by Emily Grabatin | Apr 8, 2017 | Perfectionism
I’ve been told I was a snotty teenager. That perception might have had something to do with my reserved nature. Or because I could be usually be found sitting in a corner with a novel rather than interacting with people. Another reason was my black-and-white,...