60 Seconds for Wednesdays on Whidbey: Let Go of Perfect & Grab Hold of Uncertainty
Stories From Women Who Walk · 2026-03-04 · 3 min
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Hello to you listening in Woodburn, Oregon ! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Wednesdays on Whidbey and your host, Diane Wyzga. We all want it - don’t we? Perfection! We wait to ship our work until it looks right, feels right, sounds right. We hold back on letting go of the paintbrush and calling it art. We want another rewrite of the story before we’re willing to share it out loud. We want our work to be perfect. But what did perfect ever do for you? Your being perfect won’t help the world get better; but I guarantee you that shipping your imperfect work into the world will. How do I know? I’ve seen it happen. I’m not saying my imperfect work changes the world; but I‘m not saying it doesn’t. When we trust ourselves to ship our imperfect work, we gain an opportunity to feel the magic of taking a leap of faith, welcome the unexpected, and