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:

yes I am, almost on everything

yes I am, almost on everything

 

this

YES.

ok, now that I think about it: I think I am also one at work.

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.

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?

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:

take five.

 

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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.

Yes, in some things actually.

I'm a perfectionist when it comes to my music. I hate screwing up.

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...

:(

I am in anything I care about.

not at all

 

im a major misfit and i LOVE it

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:.

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?

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.

I am in anything I care about.

 

Same

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.