Are you a perfectionist? |
 Nov 7 2007, 03:09 AM
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 Senior Member  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,815 Joined: Jun 2006 Member No: 423,396  |
I'm a victim of perfectionism. Sometimes I like it, but there are just times when I just hate it and really don't have the time for it. I'm a major perfectionist. If I don't like the way I write "the", I can just erase for literally three minutes.
Are you? (Dun dun dun.) |
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Nov 7 2007, 03:36 AM
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 (′ ･ω･｀) Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,179 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 72,477 |
well, if something messes up my paper and i got some extra papers to use i throw it out, or erase it until i dont even see the dent. i dont really think im a perfectionist, my friends say i am though.
i like it when things just 'look right' |
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Nov 7 2007, 03:42 AM
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 isketchaholic Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,977 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 516,154 |
i used to make a big deal out of those things, ESPECIALLY titles. i would just keep erasing and rewriting until all the letters were PERFECT.
sigh. |
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Nov 7 2007, 04:51 AM
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 Offline. Group: Official Designer Posts: 609 Joined: Mar 2007 Member No: 507,591 |
QUOTE(doiink @ Nov 7 2007, 04:42 AM)  i used to make a big deal out of those things, ESPECIALLY titles. i would just keep erasing and rewriting until all the letters were PERFECT. sigh. The Same Thing With Me...Gets Annoying Sometime but I Still Do It.. |
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Nov 7 2007, 06:53 AM
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 Addict Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,918 Joined: Jun 2007 Member No: 538,522 |
Yep, an atypical Virgoen trait. It drives me nuts too; but any end result is always worth that extra fretting and worrying. Perfectionists raise the standards of the populace.
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Nov 7 2007, 11:12 AM
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Member Group: Member Posts: 11 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 587,880 |
Hmmm ...
Not a Perfectionist ..coz to be frank ..orderliness freaks me out ... Infact I used to suffer from OCD ( Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ) . checking whether the taps were closed ... the locks in place ....The yearning for the perfect ringing of my cycle bells etc - In short ..life was totally screwed out ... Dreadful days those .. Right now pretty much cool with life !!! 
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Nov 7 2007, 11:24 AM
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 Like i care. ♥ Group: Member Posts: 780 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 124,706 |
I'm not really a perfectionist. But with certain things, I am. Or on certain days. It varies ;P
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Nov 7 2007, 12:06 PM
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 :) Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,636 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,459 |
About certain things, I can be. But I definitely wouldn't consider myself a perfectionist.
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Nov 7 2007, 01:39 PM
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 Death is a promise given to us at birth Group: Official Designer Posts: 4,757 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,459 |
^that's how i am too.
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Nov 7 2007, 01:46 PM
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 -i-twitch- Group: Member Posts: 410 Joined: Jul 2007 Member No: 544,541 |
If there's something important that I'm writing, then I'm really picky about how perfect it is. Other than that, I'm really not much for being a perfectionist.
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Nov 7 2007, 02:04 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,071 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,748 |
I am sometimes...it really depends on what it is and how lazy I am.
 A lot of the time I can be pretty bad though, haha like lining up all the beauty/lotion products in perfect little lines at work...lol.
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Nov 7 2007, 02:35 PM
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 This bag is not a toy. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,090 Joined: Oct 2007 Member No: 583,108 |
Man, when it comes to competition, I am absolutely a perfectionist. If there's any thought that I might not do as well as someone else in an audition, I work the hell out of it and get MAD at myself if I play it wrong. Usually my work pays off, though, because apparently I work well under stress.
Someone asked me today, "How'd your audition go?" I said, "I did alright." His response was, "Yeah, yeah, I remember that from high school. 'Eh, yeah, I did okay,' and then you get first chair. You make me sick." xD |
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Nov 7 2007, 05:30 PM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
When it comes to some things yet, very much.
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Nov 7 2007, 05:58 PM
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 Naomi loves you. Y'all may call me NaNa Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,925 Joined: Jun 2006 Member No: 427,774 |
I can be when it comes to my graphics and school work but everything else I can care less.
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Nov 7 2007, 07:18 PM
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 AKA RockIt Studios Group: Official Member Posts: 2,286 Joined: Jun 2006 Member No: 421,809 |
beyond perfectionist.
 it drives me nuts. |
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Nov 7 2007, 07:25 PM
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 Fellatio. Group: Official Member Posts: 2,122 Joined: Mar 2007 Member No: 511,775 |
I used to think so.
Turns out I'm Obsessive Compulsive. How Ironic. |
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Nov 7 2007, 07:25 PM
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!~@*&+;$ Group: Member Posts: 1,033 Joined: Oct 2007 Member No: 579,371 |
i am a perfectionist with certain things, like my ipod playlist. every artist name and song name has to have correct spelling and every first letter has to start with a capital and featuring is always spelled like 'Ft.'. my friends always make fun of my playlist and if anything is out of order on my playlist i freak out and i change it as soon as i get home. and my closet goes alphabetically by brand, style then colour, i hate it if things are out of place in my closet :(.
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Nov 7 2007, 07:27 PM
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i use to be with my homework and papers until my teachers expected too much from me lol.
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Nov 7 2007, 08:08 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
I'm a perfectionist about some things, but sometimes I'm too lazy to care. I'm really precise with spelling and grammar, the neatness of my math notes, and typing.
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Nov 7 2007, 08:23 PM
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 long time no CB. Group: Official Member Posts: 3,889 Joined: Jan 2007 Member No: 493,502 |
Kind of. I agree with babecakes, I'm a perfectionist when it comes to my iPod playlist. I'm KIND OF a perfectionist when it comes to school notes, everything has to be neat..
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Nov 7 2007, 08:49 PM
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 Brittany Dona-Lyn Group: Member Posts: 64 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 386,648 |
I'm a huge perfectionist when it comes to art. If things don't look right when I'm starting out on a painting or a drawing, I get so frustrated, but usually I keep pushing myself until I'm happy with it.
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Nov 8 2007, 01:33 AM
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 <3 Group: Official Member Posts: 1,369 Joined: Jun 2007 Member No: 539,187 |
QUOTE(doiink @ Nov 7 2007, 07:42 PM) i used to make a big deal out of those things, ESPECIALLY titles. i would just keep erasing and rewriting until all the letters were PERFECT. sigh. Yeah same  I sometimes still do. If I think about perfection too much I feel the need to go around the whole house and spend hours fixing everything until it's perfect.
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Nov 8 2007, 01:44 AM
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 I have 6 blue blocks :3 Group: Member Posts: 2,248 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 14,959 |
I'm a neat freak. If i don't like the layout of the problems in my math notes, I get a new notebook.
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Nov 9 2007, 12:32 AM
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 LINTLICKER!! Group: Member Posts: 3 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 586,942 |
I'm pretty much a perfectionist who can't do anything right.
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Nov 9 2007, 12:48 AM
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 YUNJAESU<3 Group: Official Member Posts: 1,291 Joined: Oct 2007 Member No: 585,275 |
^ Agreed.
 But I am a neat freak sometimes. |
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Nov 9 2007, 04:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 225 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 103,208 |
Absolutely...Things always have to be done exactly the way I like them done, or else I find them to be imperfect.
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Feb 11 2008, 12:26 AM
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 Resource Center Tyrant Group: Official Member Posts: 2,263 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,306 |
I NEED TO BUMP THIS.
I have this obsessive-compulsive need to stop the microwave timer at exactly 5 seconds. |
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Feb 11 2008, 12:43 AM
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 cheeeesy like theres no tomorrow Group: Member Posts: 3,316 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,142 |
yea. undercover i am.
lol i dont like to show it at work buti let it out sometimes. |
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Feb 11 2008, 12:44 AM
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 The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
I am the ultimate perfectionist, hence why my friends don't like planning things for me. I try not to be upfront with it, but when I need to show it, I will.
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Feb 11 2008, 04:08 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 65 Joined: Jan 2008 Member No: 616,399 |
haha i don't think so but my friends sometimes say i am. i think i care more about like... cleanliness. everything has to be in right spot.
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Feb 11 2008, 05:39 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 4,750 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,581 |
I'm a perfectionist, anything that's out of line or doesn't satisfy me, gets tossed.
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Feb 11 2008, 11:27 AM
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Addict Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,918 Joined: Jun 2007 Member No: 538,522 |
I'm an awful perfectionist. I'm atypically virgoen - fussy, pedantic and obsessed with perfection. It's not necessarily a bad thing.
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Feb 11 2008, 02:12 PM
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The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
You know what eff that, I am very anal about being perfect lol.
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Feb 11 2008, 03:42 PM
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 awestinnn Group: Member Posts: 624 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 460,069 |
I'm not as much a perfectionist as I am a neat freak. People get them confused alot sometimes. I have an obsessive need for everything around me to be clean and in it's place. That, and I'm really organized, especially when it comes to school. I buy colour-coded highliters, pens, pencils, binders, Post-Its...all that good stuff.
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Feb 11 2008, 03:50 PM
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GD. <3 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,222 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 198,566 |
Most definitely -- slightly OCD.
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Feb 11 2008, 03:53 PM
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awestinnn Group: Member Posts: 624 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 460,069 |
I wonder why people take so much pride in being obsessive compulsive. I'm not saying it's always a bad thing, but it seems like people flaunt it when they dont really even have OCD.
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Feb 11 2008, 03:54 PM
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 I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
QUOTE(The Markster @ Nov 7 2007, 03:09 AM) I'm a victim of perfectionism. Sometimes I like it, but there are just times when I just hate it and really don't have the time for it. I'm a major perfectionist. If I don't like the way I write "the", I can just erase for literally three minutes. Are you? (Dun dun dun.) i never thought of it........WOW i think i AM |
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Feb 11 2008, 06:36 PM
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The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
I mean, I wouldn't necessarily say that I flaunt it, but I would say that I have my moments, when it definitely shows.
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Feb 11 2008, 06:47 PM
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 An original Harry Potter fan Group: Official Member Posts: 1,469 Joined: Jul 2007 Member No: 552,023 |
I am such a perfectionist with school projects it is ridiculous if I have to make a power point I go crazy with animations, if I have to make a poster I need to have everything in order and all lines strait. But otherwise my room is probably the most messy room in the entire house.
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Feb 11 2008, 07:06 PM
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The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
Haha that is so funny, because my room is definitely the most messy as well, for right now at least.
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