Gitta Rensolo Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 If so, in which parts of life? I am in one part of my life.....when I play the saxophone. I have a "gig" tonight at a place where some musicians meet and everyone plays something. I have some sheet music at home, but this is not good enough for me. They are too easy and the ones I would play I can't find anymore...:angry: so, now I decided to play "in the mood" by heart with some improvisation in between and aaaaaahhhhhh I am actually really scared, because I never played something by heart in front of other people and it should be perfect! When I play it at home it sounds good....but I'm so scared anyways...I have the feeling people expect a lot from me, because they know that I can really play...:uhoh: And I dont really have a plan B, because my sheet music has disappeared.... ahhh it should be PERFECT!In my eyes it's one of the few things why people admire me.... :uhoh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardo Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 yes I am, almost on everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parachutes_ Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 yes I am, almost on everything this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 YES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitta Rensolo Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 ok, now that I think about it: I think I am also one at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlene_Ihnfsa Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 good luck with the concert, don't press yourself on trying it to be perfect and just enjoy it then it'll be perfect ;) when i played any instrument in class i did it by heart... :uhoh: (ok we mainly played flute :uhoh: last year we played guitar ) but for once i pressed myself on make it perfect and it ended in a big fail. :( well i try to be a better person each day if that can be considered as a perfectionist, then i am a perfectionist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gautama Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 hm, i just think of chris martin, who does mess up a lot, right, but laughs it off and keeps going on. which is quite charming, me thinks. maybe you can go for that. is it tenor or soprano? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardo Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 If so, in which parts of life? I am in one part of my life.....when I play the saxophone. I have a "gig" tonight at a place where some musicians meet and everyone plays something. I have some sheet music at home, but this is not good enough for me. They are too easy and the ones I would play I can't find anymore...:angry: so, now I decided to play "in the mood" by heart with some improvisation in between and aaaaaahhhhhh I am actually really scared, because I never played something by heart in front of other people and it should be perfect! When I play it at home it sounds good....but I'm so scared anyways...I have the feeling people expect a lot from me, because they know that I can really play...:uhoh: And I dont really have a plan B, because my sheet music has disappeared.... ahhh it should be PERFECT!In my eyes it's one of the few things why people admire me.... :uhoh: play a careless whisper :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 take five. [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNrmYRiX_o[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onute Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I could also say I'm perfectionist, but sometimes when i see that i won't do by best, i just don't make any efforts. and it doesn't lead anywhere. I think lots of trying and being patient is that what makes things more and more perfect. And I need more patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPRani Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Yes, in some things actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipoffools Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I'm a perfectionist when it comes to my music. I hate screwing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitta Rensolo Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 No I won't play careless whisper...and I won't play take five either, although I wanted to....I have a sheet music of it, but it is for alto saxophone and I play tenor....so now I'm gonna play rock around the clock and in the mood... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noonsun Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I am in anything I care about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earth to raven Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 not at all im a major misfit and i LOVE it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApproximatelyInfinite Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 i am when it comes to how i present things. i have to like my handwriting on something i'm turning in, there can't be spelling or grammar mistakes, the paper has to be clean and unwrinkled, etc :P. in other ways, i'm not, though. i'm actually having a hard time differentiating between things i'm a perfectionist about and things i'm not a perfectionist about :thinking:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambergris Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I could also say I'm perfectionist, but sometimes when i see that i won't do by best, i just don't make any efforts. and it doesn't lead anywhere. I think lots of trying and being patient is that what makes things more and more perfect. And I need more patience. Same here. :D A lot of people think they're perfectionist but do they have the patience to actually improve and enrich the things they do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matter-Eater Lad Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I'm a lazy perfectionist, with some things I require perfection with others I'm too lazy to care. As I age I'm becoming less lazy and more of a perfectionist though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petit Prince Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I am in anything I care about. Same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Magpie Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Not really, but it depends. Sometimes I want to do it properly and want it to be perfect, sometimes I don't care much about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitta Rensolo Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 I realised tonight: it doesn't have to be perfect as long as you can make people happy with it. And this is what I definitely did!:smug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grace Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 i like to think that i am not a perfectionist because i couldn't care less about school work and blah blergh. but when it comes to something i care about, such as writing, i could spend hours in front of my laptop and rewrite all my papers. also, i have this job at a local supermarket and i even though i am just sitting at the register all day (or night) long, i want to do a good job. i want to impress my boss, which means that i, unlike my co-workers, never get up and take a break. i also get mad at myself if there's like... 1 cent missing in my register. and i mean... it's not that i want a career in market management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberryfields Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 I'm a perfectionist with my photography, and a lot of the time with my writing. I can't stand anything less than what I consider the best, and if something I create doesn't meet my standards it's either discarded or worked on even more. But with school and stuff, sometimes I strive to be, but I'm not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twizted Logik Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 I hope most people realize that being a perfectionist isn't just caring what people think or trying hard. Being a perfectionist is more like an obsession, an inability to consider something finished until you are 100% positive is is your absolute best. Thom Yorke is a great example of a perfectionist, things must go according to plan and he works his ass off almost to an unhealthy level to achieve his best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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