Patience Means Never (And Other Lessons From The Waitresses)

Some of my all-time favorite quotes come from one of my all-time favorite songs: "They're All Out of Liquor, Let's Find Another Party" by The Waitresses.

Don't laugh. It's quite catchy!

One of the gems unearthed from this track (appropriately pulled from an album entitled, "Bruiseology", I might add), is the phrase "Patience means never". As someone who stays in the perpetual state of motion and has only recently learned the virtues of slowing down and taking a breath, I have taken this phrase quite to heart.

But more recently, I have interpreted it differently.

We can get tripped up on our own definitions of perfection when working on a new piece of art, a new piece of music, a new product, or something we're putting out into the world for the very first. We'll work tirelessly on our brand new thing just to tear it apart the next day, deeming it "incomplete" or "unfinished" or "too rough".

Getting caught up in the perfection loop can seriously set up a roadblock to our creative flow, or …