Welcome to “The Young & The Perfectionistic” blog! If you or someone you know feels constant pressure to be perfect, are afraid of making mistakes, terrified of failure, constantly doubts decisions, needs to check or redo work, or can’t enjoy success because it often feels like even more pressure to do better next time, then you are in the right place.
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- Trapped in the Painting: Perfectionism and the School Conveyor Belt April 9, 2026There’s a famous story about a man named Dorian Gray, written by the fabulous Irish author Oscar Wilde. I first read “The Picture of Dorian Gray” in high school and to this day it remains […]
- The Myth of “Unlimited”: Why Hustle Culture Isn’t the Path to Success March 4, 2026Today’s cultural story about success often sounds like this: You are unlimited. You can do whatever you want. There are no boundaries. Push harder. Grind more. There’s no finish line. Celebrities, athletes, and business leaders […]
- When Perfectionism Isn’t About Achievement, It’s About Survival February 20, 2026Perfectionism is often misunderstood. From the outside, it can look like high standards, ambition, or being “put together.” But for many young people, perfectionism is not about striving. It’s about surviving. In a culture that rewards achievement, being […]
- The Yellow Light: Why We Need to Pause Before We Judge Potential December 31, 2025
- When Perfectionism Steals the Holidays and What My Nana Taught Me Instead December 22, 2025Every year around the holidays, perfectionism tends to rear its ugly head. It whispers that the meal needs to be impressive, the house needs to look a certain way, the traditions need to be preserved just right. […]
- When Perfect Gets in the Way: What the Blue Jays can Teach Us About Perfectionism and Performance October 30, 2025The Toronto Blue Jays have clawed their way back to baseball’s biggest stage, the World Series. For a team once written off mid-season, their turnaround speaks volumes about the myths we hold in sport. Many […]
- No Place to Hide: How Surveillance Culture Fuels Perfectionism in Young People October 10, 2025We live in a world where the line between public and private has blurred, perhaps beyond repair. Cameras are everywhere. Our phones track our movements. Social media turns the everyday into content. For today’s young […]
- When “Good Vibes Only” Backfires: How Positivity Culture Can Harm Young Perfectionists September 15, 2025Welcome to the “good vibes only” era, where we are constantly inundated by messages like “just think positive,” “you can manifest anything,” “positive vibes only,” or “choose happiness.” From Instagram captions to classroom posters to […]
- When ‘Perfect’ Rings Hollow: The Emotional Toll of Perfectionism on Teens July 29, 2025
- Teen Perfectionists: Too Good for their own Good July 4, 2025