Perfectionism has been the great bane of my life. Of course we all want to do our best work, but when perfectionism prevents us from delivering, it becomes a great deception that robs us of accomplishment and progress. Those are strong words; that's how I feel about it.
At this stage, this blog is embarrassingly, almost unbelievably imperfect compared to the standards I would normally hold ourselves against. But it is unspeakably better than that perfect blog that nobody sees, nobody criticizes, and which changes nobody, not even us. As that sage maxim goes, "a bird in hand is worth two in a battleship"--or something like that.
What's the solution? Execute. Be willing to take imperfect action, now. The great deception in perfectionism is the idea that somehow we can better than we are if we'll only stress about it long enough. Of course, we can always be incrementally better, ad infinitum, but it's much more efficient to expose our work to criticism and feedback.
"How long can rolling waters remain impure?" Action purifies. It clarifies. It provides the experience necessary to take the next steps.