Perfectionism is seldom reliable

I have an interest of perfecting things. Whenever I notice there're defects - even some trivial, neglectable appearance imperfection - in something I'm using or making, I will try my best to fix it. It's like a compulsory habit.

And I must admit that, at least in some way, this habit is helpful, especially for learning and studying activities. But it also prevent me from focusing on more important things, like time limitation or original purpose of the work. Sometimes it even becomes an excuse, an excuse for doing trivial "secure" tasks rather than moving on bravely to a new level of competence, which usually prevent me from entering a new arena of life.

That's why I said "perfectionism can be helpful, but seldom reliable". Actually, I think as long as I want to perfect myself, there're no real excuse for securing myself. Fear of new, unexpected experience, rather than imperfection, is the real reason behind "this type of perfectionism".