Quotes — Anxious Alex

"what we want is to turn our inner monologue from enemy to friend."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"why are we so eager to buy into our inner self-defeating rhetoric? why do we snort that shit up like walter white's meth?"

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"we live in a world where figuring out how to thrive under uncertainty is one of the best investments we can make. it's tough though. beautiful, but bloody tough."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"anxety's a lot to deal with, so we can all use a cheeky grin every once in a while."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"no, addiction doesn't come from us being 'weak-willed'. it doesn't come from us being 'lazy', 'unable to control our urges' or chronic 'comfort seekers'. it comes from pain. it comes from shame. from us having made an enemy of our inner monologue."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"why waste your years traveling the world to catch all the pokemon when you're never gonna be the very best like no one ever was?"

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"don't take fear and label it 'weakness'. don't take making mistakes and label yourself 'stupid'. don't take not using your time properly and label it 'lazy'."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"fuck 'the project'. when working on something, the only move that matters is the next one. that's the only one over which we have some semblance of control, so let us rejoice in the puny amouny of power we do have."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"when fear becomes the only factor driving our behavior, it's time to take a step back and question our beliefs."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"The beliefs we hold about ourselves can make creative work feel much, much more difficult than it has to be."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"where's the instant gratification?!"

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"we are not our story. we are not our adjectives. we are not our ego."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t PerfectDescription goes here
"looking back at a project that we saw through to completion feels fucking great."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"it's time to talk about the f-word."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"we vividly remember all the unsavory events that happened to us, while we tend to forget all the positives."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"we need to forgive ourselves. which is very easy to say, of course, but fucking difficult to do as a perfectionist."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"just another day to keep hammerin' away. nothing sexier than that, I say."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"we are in control here, not our shame, nor our compulsions... if only for five minutes."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"world war three just started outside. sure, there might be a jacuzzi and a fluffy double bed in there, but we sure as hell ain't relaxing."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"there is nothing 'comfortable' about scrolling through dozens of random reddit posts because we cannot bring ourselves to get up."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"anxiety biases us."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"the bane of millenials and gen z'ers alike: information addiction."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"stop time travelling so much: it's really bad for your skin, you know?"

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"toxic productivity? we don't know her."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"Is that even legal?"

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"i used to see exercise as a chore, something that i half-heartedly took part in because i knew, in a purely abstract sense, that 'it was good for me' "

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"sleep deprivation makes us bad economists."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
" 'sustainable'. tattoo that word on your butt cheeks if you have to, to remind yourself of just how essential it is."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"you know what they say; some days we just don't slay."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"Those of us with an anxious mind see any small setback as a sign of the apocalypse."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"anxious thinking is dangerous because it rests on our deep ego fragility."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"creative work is delayed gratification made manifest."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"now *I* am in control. you can be too. and that is priceless."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"it allowed me to better grasp the underlying causes, rather than the symptoms, and more readily face things head on."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"it's time for me to come out of the closet in the good fight against de-stigmatization. 'mom... dad... i have something important to tell you. i'm... i'm... anxious!' "

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never do this."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"that's something for our future selves to worry about. Who cares about them?"

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect
"learning to manage anxious perfectionism is so very critical because creative work is incredibly rewarding."

— What You’re About to Read Isn’t Perfect

"what we want is to turn our inner monologue from enemy to friend."

"why are we so eager to buy into our inner self-defeating rhetoric? why do we snort that shit up like walter white's meth?"

"we live in a world where figuring out how to thrive under uncertainty is one of the best investments we can make. it's tough though. beautiful, but bloody tough."

"anxety's a lot to deal with, so we can all use a cheeky grin every once in a while."

"no, addiction doesn't come from us being 'weak-willed'. it doesn't come from us being 'lazy', 'unable to control our urges' or chronic 'comfort seekers'. it comes from pain. it comes from shame. from us having made an enemy of our inner monologue."

"why waste your years traveling the world to catch all the pokemon when you're never gonna be the very best like no one ever was?"

"don't take fear and label it 'weakness'. don't take making mistakes and label yourself 'stupid'. don't take not using your time properly and label it 'lazy'."

"fuck 'the project'. when working on something, the only move that matters is the next one. that's the only one over which we have some semblance of control, so let us rejoice in the puny amouny of power we do have."

"when fear becomes the only factor driving our behavior, it's time to take a step back and question our beliefs."

"The beliefs we hold about ourselves can make creative work feel much, much more difficult than it has to be."

"where's the instant gratification?!"

"we are not our story. we are not our adjectives. we are not our ego."

"looking back at a project that we saw through to completion feels fucking great."

"it's time to talk about the f-word."

"we vividly remember all the unsavory events that happened to us, while we tend to forget all the positives."

"we need to forgive ourselves. which is very easy to say, of course, but fucking difficult to do as a perfectionist."

"just another day to keep hammerin' away. nothing sexier than that, I say."

"we are in control here, not our shame, nor our compulsions... if only for five minutes."

"world war three just started outside. sure, there might be a jacuzzi and a fluffy double bed in there, but we sure as hell ain't relaxing."

"there is nothing 'comfortable' about scrolling through dozens of random reddit posts because we cannot bring ourselves to get up."

"anxiety biases us."

"the bane of millenials and gen z'ers alike: information addiction."

"stop time travelling so much: it's really bad for your skin, you know?"

"toxic productivity? we don't know her."

"Is that even legal?"

"i used to see exercise as a chore, something that i half-heartedly took part in because i knew, in a purely abstract sense, that 'it was good for me' "

"sleep deprivation makes us bad economists."

" 'sustainable'. tattoo that word on your butt cheeks if you have to, to remind yourself of just how essential it is."

"you know what they say; some days we just don't slay."

"Those of us with an anxious mind see any small setback as a sign of the apocalypse."

"anxious thinking is dangerous because it rests on our deep ego fragility."

"creative work is delayed gratification made manifest."

"now *I* am in control. you can be too. and that is priceless."

"it allowed me to better grasp the underlying causes, rather than the symptoms, and more readily face things head on."

"it's time for me to come out of the closet in the good fight against de-stigmatization. 'mom... dad... i have something important to tell you. i'm... i'm... anxious!' "

"never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never do this."

"that's something for our future selves to worry about. Who cares about them?"

"learning to manage anxious perfectionism is so very critical because creative work is incredibly rewarding."

"now I am in control. you can be too. and that is priceless."