Perfectionism Pillows

Sometimes a desire for excellence needs to be tempered somewhat.

"Gawd! You startled me! I thought I had left for the day." Bob's perfectionism came back to haunt him ??" and go over the figures again.

'He's never happy when he gets less than 100% in his customer feedback!'

"Being happy with one's work is the kiss of death."

"Right foot, left foot, inhale, exhale, right foot..."

OCD Industries

"They say it takes 10,000 hours to perfect something- I guess I was a bit hasty throwing that together in 144."

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

'Why didn't he take 8 days and finish the job properly?'

'I'm not too sure about that.'

"Various entrances to the gates of Hell."

"Even though I wasn't always perfect, I feel deep down that I am now."

"Hmmm, this might just be not funny enough for The New Yorker."

Mum and the Sleepless Baby

"We only got up to three 'whys' and a 'what the hell'."

"We're developing a plan to fix this."

'This software package can cut your workload in half. Do you want to purchase two copies?'

"I want to have at least two children - I have too much guilt to give for just one."

"I've heard of being organized, but isn't this a little obsessive compulsive?"

'Even in the mundane tasks, aim for perfection!'

Three work boxes: 'IN...LIMBO...OUT': 'I think I've found your bottleneck.'

Perfection

"Or should it be scrum or kanban???"

"Not to alarm you, but the other newborns are already ahead."

"It says it's the vodka that's distilled twenty-nine times - they just can't seem to get it right."

'He's researching out-of-state kindergartens.'

"Hush, little baby, don’t you cry ... ever."

"You're welcome."

'I'm a narcissist? - Are you saying I'm not perfect?'

"This is Heaven, you idiot. Everything's perfect. There is no suggestion box."

Parenting Academy...I failed insemination.

Desk trays - 'Do it' and 'Do it right this time'.

Parental Anxiety

Parenting Wonks

'Mommy has made this astonishing cake just to get you to eat your peas and provide valuable insight for your therapist in twenty years.'