The Importance Of Perfection

Perfection is a deadly sickness (1). It is a wicked plague which clouds the mind, destroys focus, and eliminates any value you may hold for yourself. But, this is wrong. Isn’t it (24)? Perfection is flawless way to live where you make no mistakes; where you avoid any challenges; where you get everything you want in your life (26). But this appearance, while apparently good, is merely a facade.Like a collar that chokes fun and kills passion, perfection is a constrictor of joy and creativity in favor of the one and only best decision(21). The decision which will get you perfect grades, a perfect reputation, and nary an ounce of criticism. Now, while this might seem good, I can tell you for sure it’s not. How? Because I’ve tried it.

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And at the end of the year, everything I had worked for finally became true. Eventually it became so bad I gave up everything for good grades; full meals, 8 hours of sleep, and even my own happiness. I didn’t even care about the grades anymore, it became all about being perfect no matter the sacrifice. And at the end of the year, everything I had worked for finally became true. I didn’t receive one of the awards for school grades, not two, but seven. At the ceremony, I got called up one time after another, the certificates piling up, people's faces becoming warped with shock. At last I had become perfect, a flawless student, a teacher's pet, and the biggest overachiever in the school. But, it didn’t mean anything to me. Staring at those awards, certificates any other student in the school would cherish and hold dearly, I felt as if I was staring at meagre blank sheets of paper. These awards were it, this was what all of that work, all of that suffering, all of those nights of tear stricken eyes and rumbling stomach had surmounted to. A cheap, silly, and pointless stack of certificates. It was then, staring at those awards, when I realised how foolish I’d been. I’d done all this work for nothing, not to please me, not to please