The Framework That Turns "I Can't Do It Right" Into "I Can Do That"
Why "good enough" gets more done than "perfect or nothing"
A reader brought up this framework during a call with us recently, and it’s been on my mind ever since. It’s one of those reminders that helps me get from “I want to do the thing” to actually doing the thing.
The problem looks like this: I want to do laundry. I really do. But I know if I do the laundry, I won’t have the energy to iron the clothes. And if I don’t iron them, they’ll sit in the basket getting wrinkled. And then what’s the point of even washing them, right?
So I don’t do the laundry.
And then I’m standing there three days later with no clean underwear, berating myself for being a functional adult who can’t manage to do one simple household task.
I’m going to make a wild assumption and say that you relate to this scenario.
Here’s what’s actually happening
Perfectionism doesn’t always look like color-coded spreadsheets and perfectly curated Instagram feeds. Sometimes it looks like frozen inaction. Like not starting something because you can’t do it completely. Like convincing yourself that doing it halfway is worse than not doing it at all.
We’ve been sold this lie that “quality over quantity” is always the right answer. That if you’re going to do something, you should do it right.
But for those of us with ADHD brains, this thinking is poison.
Because “doing it right” becomes the bar that keeps us from doing anything at all.