No, You Don’t Always Outgrow Perfectionism

Maybe we can’t fix perfectionism ourselves.

It was the drumbeat of my life, growing up: When I overdid my homework and rewrote notes until my penmanship was perfect, when I practiced pirouettes in the ballet studio until my calves started giving out, when I people-pleased to the point where it was harmful, came the refrain — “you’ll grow out of it.”

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Author of An Ordinary Age, out 5/4/2021. Freelance writer. Kentuckian.

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Rainesford Stauffer

Author of An Ordinary Age, out 5/4/2021. Freelance writer. Kentuckian.