I will know I have finally found my chill the day I don't rush home at the sight of a typo.
Perfectionism has been a really big challenge to overcome. I used to get panic attacks over this nonsense - because it was ingrained in me as a kid and young adult* that I wasn't allowed to make mistakes. They'd be used against me even years later. They were why I failed.
Now I know the world won't end if there's an apostrophe where it shouldn't be.
In theory. When stress levels are lower all around. 🙃
@MLClark
I feel ya on this. ❤️
My .02: if the message is 90-100% accurate, it ain't my fault they don't understand the concept of context clues 🤷♀️
So - my attention is definitely focused more these days on getting my sources where they need to be, and checking names and numbers. I still read my work MANY MANY times before sending it up for publication, but one needs to take a break between editing for content and proofing for tiny errors--which I don't do as often as I need to.
(And for which I'm definitely not get compensated enough - but at this point, it's just a matter of personal integrity around work with my name.)